Sentences with phrase «macho culture»

"macho culture" refers to a societal or group mindset where men are expected to be tough, dominant, and act in ways that may emphasize their physical strength or aggressiveness. Full definition
Look hard in his Futurist swooshes; you'll find references to macho culture in everything from jungle patterns, cartoon weapons, Kurosawa films, gangsters, and Tatlin's Tower.
Jen Agg built her restaurant empire in an overwhelmingly male industry — a so - called macho culture which she's been fearlessly taking on.
Bankers invited by Guardian to watch film find it to be a parody while women among them say sector's macho culture persists
It's unclear whether the macho culture at Yahoo was ever significantly changed by Carol Bartz.
As it turns out, this isn't just a metaphor for a macho culture but a biological fact.
Education in math and science could be the root of the problem, but the tech industry's macho culture must also change.
It's not, as some feminists argue, a «guy thing» designed as a prop to uphold fragile male egos and perpetuate a macho culture.
While I have, I think, a reasonably good picture of why men in a macho culture felt they needed to keep women down, I deeply resent having learned the concept of «woman's work» at home and having been treated to lighthearted scoffing about «lady Ph.D. s» in college.
«We have to make sure we don't inculcate a macho culture where you have to work 18 hours a day and prove you're a «man» or prove yourself by some old - fashioned method of measurement,» he said.
I was really interested in hearing how exactly they proposed to do that, especially in terms of changing the macho culture of the sport and breaking the «code of silence» that continues to prompt players at every level of football, whether it be N.F.L., college, high school or youth - to hide concussion symptoms in order to stay in the game and avoid being perceived as somehow letting their coach, their teammates, or their parents down.
All we can expect, I'm afraid, from the N.F.L. and its players are, at best, the same mixed, muddled and contradictory «Do as I say, not as I do» messages that Morey tried to sell us this week along with a subtle and often not - so - subtle reinforcement of exactly the kind of play through pain, take it like a man, macho culture that is such an integral part of the N.F.L.'s culture and, frankly, for its mass appeal.
Ademiluyi, who actually was the first to contribute, and not because he's a «gentleman of the press» said it was unfortunate that not a lot has changed from over 30 years ago, when, a newsroom he was a founding member of, made no provision for childcare responsibilities aside from the macho culture in newsrooms.
The social stigma of entering a male - dominated field with a macho culture, the fear of intimidation and discrimination, and the lack of mentors and role models in positions of power are commonly cited reasons for women exiting or failing to enter the engineering workforce.
Both sports and the military are macho cultures that lay great emphasis on authority and teamwork.
She electrified the art world of 1970s New York, savaging its macho culture with what became one of feminism's most notorious images.
If he means another example of macho culture, he has me fooled.
As well as being a ferocious riposte to macho culture, the photo was a send - up of the wild personalities artists were expected to project.
The macho culture of football had a silencing effect on victims.
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