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Lad culture (also Laddish culture and Laddism) is a subculture commonly associated with Britpop music of the 1990s.

It also involves a liking for alcoholic beverages (especially lager), football, fast cars and men's magazines. [1]

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[edit] Impact

Initially a product of Loaded and its subsequent imitators and a reaction against the New Man culture, Lad culture, unlike the New Man image that did not reach far beyond various forms of journalism, reaches beyond men's magazines to movies such as Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and to the BBC TV sitcom, Men Behaving Badly.[2][3]

Edwards, a sociologist at the University of Leicester, in particular describes the New Man as pro-feminist, albeit narcissistic, and the New Lad as pre-feminist, and a reaction to second-wave feminism. [2][4]

The Men Behaving Badly and Fantasy Football League television programmes present images of Laddishness that are dominated by the male pastimes of drinking, watching football, and sex. These are presented as being ironic and "knowing". (The masthead of Loaded is "for men who should know better".)

Lad culture has attracted criticism from some feminist circles; for example, Germaine Greer critiques it in her book The Whole Woman (2000).[2][4][5]

Edwards, on the other hand, says Lad culture men's magazines of the 21st century contain little that is actually new. Noting a study of the history of Esquire, he observes that there is little substantial different between the New Man Arena and GQ and the New Lad Loaded et al. Both address assumed men's interests of cars, alcohol, sport, and women, and differ largely in that the latter have a more visual style. From this he infers that "the New Man and the New Lad are niches in the market more than anything else, often defined according to an array of lifestyle accessories", and concludes that the New Lad image dominates the New Man image simply because of its greater success at garnering advertising revenue for men's magazines.

The New Man image failed to appeal to a wide readership. The more adolescent Lad culture appeals more to the ordinary man, says Edwards.[2]

[edit] Effects

A study by Gabrielle Ivinson of Cardiff University and Patricia Murphy of the Open University has identified lad culture as a source of behavioural confusion[6], and a study by Adrienne Katz has linked it to suicide and depression.[3]

A study of the architecture profession found that lad culture had a negative impact on women completing their professional education.[7] Pundit Helen Wilkinson believes that lad culture has affected politics and decreased the ability of women to participate.[8]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jha, Alok (2006-03-30). "Lad culture corrupts men as much as it debases women". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1742634,00.html. 
  2. ^ a b c d Tim Edwards (2006). Cultures of Masculinity. Routledge. pp. 39–42. ISBN 0415284805. 
  3. ^ a b "Health: Lad culture blamed for suicides". BBC News (BBC). 1999-10-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/475253.stm. 
  4. ^ a b Pamela Abbott, Claire Wallace, and Melissa Tyler (2005). An Introduction to Sociology: Feminist Perspectives. Routledge. p. 354. ISBN 0415312582. 
  5. ^ Jackson, C. (2006). Lads and Ladettes in School: Gender and a Fear of Failure. Maidenhead: Open University Press. 
  6. ^ The British Psychological Society (2001-06-28). "Lad Culture and Boys' Confusion about Behaviour". Press release. http://www.bps.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/releases$/iccpl-2001$/lad-culture-and-boys-confusion-about-behaviour$.cfm. 
  7. ^ Gates, Charlie (2003-07-11). "Lad culture forces women to quit: RIBA-funded study looks at reasons behind profession's high female drop-out rate". Building Design 1587: pp. 3. 
  8. ^ Wilkinson, Helen (1998-08-07). "The day I fell out of love with Blair". New Statesman 127: pp. 9–10. 

[edit] Further reading

  • Michael S. Kimmel and Amy Aronson (2004). Men and Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 569–570. ISBN 1576077748. 



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