The Yardstick of Masculinity: Are You Buff Enough?

• Main Author: Tay, Shu Ying
• Other Authors: Laavanya Kathiravelu
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70046
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Using a social-psychological approach, this paper contributes to masculinity studies by elucidating how socio-political and cultural environment affects bodily practices and the construction of masculinity amongst male gym-goers. Drawing on in-depth interview data with 20 participants, this explorat...