stages of masculinity

• stage 2- conscious masculinity- deliberate masculinity- includes all groups who believe masculinity should be a certain way. it includes people who think in terms of archetypes, mens rights advocates and so on. commonly applied to mens lifestyle magazines like mens health and GQ
• stage 4- multiple masculinities- demonstrating that masculinity can be anything you want it to be- masculinity can look like anything you want it to look like. about freedom and is therefore libertarian in nature.
• robert pattinson- cover star- uses direct mode of address, looking directly at the camera. The actor subverts his usual mysterious allure with a surprising, playful and more aggressive representation of masculinity,
• subverting stereotypes- robert pattinson cover- pattinson's hair and makeup subverts the usual GQ stereotype of a well dressed, well groomed metrosexual male on the cover with his bruised dishevelled manic punk appearance.
• robert P GQ cover- fight club- this could connote a type of toxic masculinity where males have to express themselves through physical violence or a playful humorous intertextual reference to the film which satirises toxic masculinity Fight Club.