Archive for August, 2001

“The Development of a Perceived Masculinity Scale” An Analysis of Masculinity

The Development of a Perceived Masculinity Scale1
James W. Chesebro and Koji Fuse
This essay posits that masculinity can be usefully understood from a communication perspective, and it specifically defines masculinity as a social and symbolic construct.  In this view, the meanings and associations attributed to masculinity are a product of the enduring images and characteristics people [...]