How Masculinity Is Constructed Within The Content Of Fhm

In this essay I will be exploring how masculinity is constructed within the content of FHM (For him magazine) magazine. Through the images and topics covered I will be analysing how this magazine is portraying how a man should be by the branding of masculinity in one of the UK’s best selling men’s magazine. I will be doing this by exploring the products advertised and analysing the content throughout. Also I will be touching on how FHM is shaping the minds of their readers and attitudes towards this topic and how stereotypical representations and attitudes reinforce what makes a man masculine in the eyes of a 21st century person. Over the decades the perception of men has changed considerable. Men were seen as the dominant breadwinners and providers in society making them ‘masculine’. Since then this has changed drastically. The idea’s we use to relate to masculinity is now being challenged in society and mostly within the media. The more traditional idea of masculinity first started being question back in the 1980’s. This was when women first started breaking out of the stereotype of just being stay at home housewives and submissive to men. This stereotype was the â€Å"norm† way of thinking back then. Stereotyping is basically making an assumption on a group of people based on their characteristics. â€Å"This type of thought process reflects the most traditional conceptualization of stereotypes within social psychology, in which stereotypes are considered to be ‘the picture inShow MoreRelatedSemiotic Analysis of Teenage Magazine Front Covers3431 Words   |  14 PagesSià ¢n Davies In this essay I will hope to analyse the semiotic codes of the front covers of teenage magazines to demonstrate how the media constructs the image and behavioural ideology of the teenage girl. I will analyse issue 359 of More! (December 27 th 2001 - January 8th 2002) and compare it with the January 2002 edition of 19. I have chosen these specific texts as they are popular mainstream magazines that are available in most newsagents, and therefore arguably represent to the reader what