Abstract
There is an unspoken discomfort with heterosexual males being perceived as feminine. This discomfort can be attributed to traditional hegemonic masculinity and the weakness/subordination associated with femininity. In order to explore this discomfort further, I decided to photograph four of my male friends without telling them what they would be doing before the shoot.
These are the Hollywood portraits I took of them to make them feel objectified, much many old female Hollywood stars were. The men had varied results and levels of comfortability with being perceived as feminine in any way.
Recommended Citation
Edmison, Jo Anna
(2019)
"'The Discomfort With Femininity',"
.RAW Journal of Art and Design: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/raw/vol4/iss1/11