{"id":63967,"date":"2014-09-11T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=63967"},"modified":"2017-09-17T17:16:51","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T22:16:51","slug":"man-up-ladies-but-not-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2014\/09\/11\/man-up-ladies-but-not-too-much\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMan Up, Ladies!\u201d \u2026 But Not Too Much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to be successful in many parts of labor market, women must exhibit traits that are typically considered \u201cmasculine.\u201d The title of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lebook.com\/lacreative\/creative\/US-GLAMOUR-MAN-LADIES-EDITORIAL-2013\">a fashion article in <\/a><em>Glamour <\/em>magazine hints at \u2014 okay, blatantly states \u2014 this reality:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Man Up, Ladies! That whole menswear separates look is so hot right now. (Suits, layers, plaids, you name it.) We\u2019d promote you instantly!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article reinforces the idea that <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Sociology.html?id=MMC34ZqHcfwC\">masculine characteristics are favored<\/a> in many white collar jobs. In contrast, feminine characteristics carry a negative connotation, like when a <em>New York Times<\/em> article <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/04\/03\/gendered-slurs-at-google\/\">conflated being feminine and an undesirable employee<\/a> when they contrasted the positive attribute of being \u201cproductive and results-oriented\u201d with being a \u201csissy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Women can do masculinity, then, to reap some of the rewards offered to those who embody it, but there\u2019s a catch: women must maintain their \u201cfemininity,\u201d too. Women face gender rules that require that they wear makeup in order to be seen as beautiful and competent. Not doing so brings costs.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0025656\">study<\/a>, for example, compared viewers\u2019 perceptions of females with varying degrees of make-up, ranging from no make-up to glamorous. Research participants were shown photos of female faces and asked to rate the images on attractiveness, likeability, competence, and trustworthiness. Respondents rated the faces wearing make-up higher on likeablility, competence, and especially attractiveness, compared to the faces with no make-up.<\/p>\n<p>These gendered behavioral and beauty norms amount to a double-edged sword for women.\u00a0 They must do masculinity to be successful at work, but they must be feminine to get along.\u00a0 So, man up, ladies\u2026 but not too much.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chloe Albin\u00a0is a senior at Chapman University studying dance and psychology. Dr. Georgiana Bostean is an assistant professor teaching sociology and environmental science and policy. She\u00a0studies population health.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to be successful in many parts of labor market, women must exhibit traits that are typically considered \u201cmasculine.\u201d The title of a fashion article in Glamour magazine hints at \u2014 okay, blatantly states \u2014 this reality: Man Up, Ladies! That whole menswear separates look is so hot right now. (Suits, layers, plaids, you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":63969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[225,15,55,23678,2096,2087,2098,2100,283,76],"class_list":["post-63967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-clothesfashion","tag-culture","tag-gender","tag-gender-androcentrism","tag-gender-femininity","tag-gender-masculinity","tag-gender-prejudicediscrimination","tag-gender-work","tag-prejudicediscrimination","tag-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2014\/08\/35.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63967"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71682,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63967\/revisions\/71682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}