"Social constructionism is a general term sometimes applied to theories that emphasise the socially created nature of social life" . Focusing on masculinity, this essay will first discuss the ideas of social constructionism. Secondly, it will focus on how 'masculinities' are constructed socially with the media and its cultural significance in the social constructionism of masculinity. Finally, outline how marriage and monogamy are part of the process. Commonality of constructionist theories and analyses of social constructionism …showed first 75 words of 2034 total…

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