Date of Award
Spring 5-16-2014
Degree Type
Capstone Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies (BA)
Department
Cultural Studies
First Advisor
Carmelo Esterrich
Second Advisor
Robert Watkins
Third Advisor
Steven Corey
Abstract
The hegemonic Grindr clone is a gay male Grindr user who enforces the privileging of traditional masculine gender performance and condemns effeminacy. Through this project’s own field work along with the website “douchebagsofgrindr,” the hegemonic Grindr clone is here within analyzed. Drawing upon the theory ofhegemony articulated by Gramsci, a historical analysis of the 1970s urban gay male clone, and contemporary analysis and research, the project argues that the hegemonic Grindr clones, while only a minority group of Grindr users, rules over the cyberspace as sexual gatekeepers. Hegemonic Grindr clones maintain their privileged status on the application through depicting and identifying themselves, along with their desired mates, as traditionally masculine, proudly gay, and passionately femmephobic on their individual profiles. Finally, the project also argues that while hegemonic Grindr clones attempt to enforce hegemonic masculinity and receive substantial consent by other users, there is a subset of radical, counter-hegemonic users who contradict and even openly denounce them.
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Recommended Citation
Shuckerow, Duncan, "Take Off Your Masc: The Hegemonic Gay Male's Gender Performance on Grindr" (2014). Cultural Studies Capstone Papers. 10.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cultural_studies/10
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