TY - JOUR AU - Corso, Chiara PY - 2015/09/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Modifying Masculinity, Forging Femininity: Male Feminist Discourse and the Manifestation of an Independent Female Idenity JF - Young Scholars in Writing JA - YSW VL - 9 IS - SE - Articles DO - UR - https://youngscholarsinwriting.org/index.php/ysiw/article/view/132 SP - 98-105 AB - This article uses male feminist discourse surrounding rape culture as a platform for analyzing the relationships between masculinity and femininity and the theoretical manifestations of each. By deconstructing this discourse with a methodology inspired by bell hooks’s writings on race, the essay interrogates the possibility that specific discussions about sexual assault from a male feminist perspective may risk marginalizing femininity. The conclusion of the article outlines a “feminist femininity” that speaks back to male feminist discourse. ER -