What representations of men are offered in the media?

Acording to Connell there are 4 types of masculinity:

Hegemonic Masculinity - which is the traditional masculinity, male supremacy power & authority, hetrosexuality, aggression, 'laddish' culture, can be macho & sexist.

Subordinate Masculinity - which is a masculinity assicuated with gay men who are stereotypically viewed as behaving differently to the expectations of the dominant hegemonic male.

Marginalised Masculinity - the labour market has meant they can no longer assume there will be jobs for them after school, leaving many with a crisis, sense of loss & disconnectedness.

Complicit Masculinity - a masculinity which new men, foor example, might be said to adopt in taking on a shared role in the family.

Connells types of masculinity can be seen in mand different media texts. For example in fight club both hegemonic and marginalised masculinity is portrayed. Tyler Durdan is portrayed as being hegemonic, as he is very aggressive and starts up an illegal fight club to allow the anger to be released, his hegemonic masculinity comes across in many of the peotic speaches he gives. here is an example of some of tyler's quotes.

'Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space.'

'Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else.'