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Male Fantasies
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...the leaders...must
invent many new instruments for checking and controlling the mood of the
people (Max Ascoli and Arthure Feiler, Fascism for Whom? New
York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938, p. 17).
 <Background:
Klaus Theweleit's Male Fantasies offers an interesting look at
the connections between masculinity, fascism, hatred of women and violence
(1987). The
Ads:
Recent visual compositions in Maxim illustrate the connections between
masculinity and violence. Images 1 and 2 are features of U.S. soldiers in
Afghanistan. Like ad 6, these two ads suggest that male power (such as in
the war machine) is connected to a violent and competitive sexuality.
Image 5 is particularly disturbing and should raise questions about the
nature of our popular culture. It is also interesting to analyze images 4
and 15, especially as they suggest the ways in which boys are inculcated
and socialized in the gender order of society. Resources:
Psychological studies of fantasy abound, and a clear foundation for the
understanding of the politics of fantasy is its construction in the human
mind.
Discussion Questions: (1) In what situations are a person's
fantasies legitimate. In other words, are there situations in which one
person's fantasy does not compromise the safety, security or dignity of
the person subject of the fantasy? (2) Do men and women share similar
fantasies? If so, how are they similar? How are they different? (3) Why
does there seem to be a connection between male sexuality and forms of
violence? >
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<presented by Scott A.
Lukas, Ph.D.>
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