ABSTRACT

To date, the scholarship on shifts in masculinities has primarily focused on men’s practices, while overlooking how these practices directly impact women and gender relations. In this paper, I examine how women navigate spaces in which men appear to challenge masculinity through an analysis of women’s experiences within the community of adult fans of My Little Pony- a community defined by White, heterosexual men’s engagement in gender atypical practices. Utilizing interviews with 13 women fans of My Little Pony and ethnographic observations at four My Little Pony fan conventions in the United States, I find that women in the brony community experience harassment and marginalization while also downplaying how gender shapes these experiences. Additionally, women contribute to the project of concealing privilege and inequality by celebrating men for their gender non-conforming behaviour.Keywords: Hybrid masculinities, media, fandom, gender relations

摘要

迄今为止，关于男性气质转变的学术研究主要集中在男性的行为上，而忽视了这些行为如何直接影响女性和性别关系。在本文中，我通过分析女性在My Little Pony成年粉丝社区中的经历来研究女性如何驾驭男性似乎挑战男性气质的空间- 这是一个由白人，异性恋男性参与性别非典型行为所定义的社区。利用对 13 位My Little Pony女粉丝的采访和对 4 位My Little Pony的人种学观察在美国的粉丝大会上，我发现 brony 社区的女性经历过骚扰和边缘化，同时也淡化了性别如何塑造这些经历。此外，女性通过歌颂男性的不符合性别的行为，为掩盖特权和不平等的项目做出了贡献。关键词：混合男性气质、媒体、狂热、性别关系