Previous scholars have identified sarar?man (salaried men), who prioritise work over family, as the ideal of hegemonic masculinity in Japan. This study focuses on sarar?man characters’ language use in the workplace as depicted in the 2015 Japanese TV drama Age Harassment. Employing the concepts of stance and hegemonic masculinities, the study demonstrates that, in this mediatised representation, the sarar?man characters draw on diverse gender ideologies to display masculine identities. Using online commentary, the study also explores audience members’ responses to the drama’s depiction of masculinities. The study’s analysis of these two types of data suggests that despite increasing social acceptance of more diverse masculinities, the stereotypical sarar?man remains to some extent the hegemonic ideal in contemporary Japan.

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性别意识形态的争辩与宣扬：日剧中sararīman（工薪族）人物霸权男性气质分析

以前的学者已经将工作重于家庭的 sarar?man（工薪男性）确定为日本霸权男子气概的理想。本研究的重点是 2015 年日本电视剧《时代骚扰》中所描绘的莎拉人角色在工作场所的语言使用。运用立场和霸权男性气质的概念，该研究表明，在这种中介化的表现中，sarar?man 角色利用不同的性别意识形态来展示男性身份。使用在线评论，该研究还探讨了观众对戏剧对男性气质的描述的反应。该研究对这两种类型的数据的分析表明，尽管社会越来越接受更多不同的男性气质，但陈规定型的sarar?man 在某种程度上仍然是当代日本的霸权理想。