/lit/ - Literature

>>15060773
Because there's nothing in society for them, modernity has wrecked pretty much everything that made men fight, work hard and struggle in the first place. Why even get up in the morning desu?

why haven't you started writing a book yet?

>>7367642
sure, I'll do my best to!

I'm researching into masculinties. Current theory on gender is that we learn it socially, and perform it for social benefits. I'm asking the question, what happens when the social that is being learnt from and being performed in is online?

The differences are usually portrayed as a lack of para-linguistic features and an inability to socialise physically (like with macho sports). Compared to this, I'm using TheRedPill and Bronies to show that if the social group abstracts themselves from the physical then they can have equally close relationships and equally effective (whilst also being totally different) forms of masculinity being performed and taught. MLP preaches love and tolerance while sexualising the characters and TRP has whole guides on how to be a man through independence and rational choice theory.

My work is in using big data analytics to back up these findings rather than just using shitty, soft gender-studies bullshit. With the massive amounts of data out there, the opportunity for statistical tests is massive.

... that's what I do and what's interesting about it to me, hope it made sense!

If you reallly want to read more about this then there's a great book called 'coming of age in second life'. It's a seminal work and kinda set the stage for all cms work afterwards. Either that, the two papers I posted PDFs of or this paper:

> Dowsett, G. W., Williams, H., Ventuneac, A., & Carballo-Diéguez, A. (2008). Taking it like a man': Masculinity and barebacking online. Sexualities, 11(1-2), 121-141.

are great ways into the field. Or if you want something closer to what I'm doing then check out:

>Ellis, B. (2015). What bronies See When They brohoof: Queering Animation on the Dark and evil internet. Journal of American Folklore, 128(509), 298-314.