A construção do masculino: dominação das mulheres e dominação das mulheres e homofobia

Abstract

This article interrogates the theoretical frameworks, methods and instruments ofanalyses employed in the study of men and masculinity. In doing so, it questions essentialist definitions of men while examining the schemes, the habitus, and the homophobic, heterosexual and virile model that construct and strengthen masculine identity and domination. To accomplishthe above, the author addresses a vast array of contemporary French feminist debates.