Popular Culture Review
in the CW’s Supernatural from “macho man” to a more sensitive, vulnerable
and multifaceted character. These portrayals of the progression of masculinity
least in certain media.
Boys Over Flowers offers a culturally based text that illustrates
way” of performing the male role in Korean society to ones who appear to be able
to develop egalitarian views. Even though a new, more “feminine” masculinity
for this media form to offer viewers a picture of what gender equity might look
like. This in itself indicates the need for future inquiry into the pervasiveness of
and gender roles across cultures and popular media texts.
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