Media discourse on masculinity crisis in Poland 1. Family roles 2. Relationship roles 3. Emotions 4. Apperance Main areas

Media discourse on masculinity crisis in Poland Crisis seen as an opportunity for change and a step towards equality Crisis seen as an oppression and dangerous confusion

we, men, all suffer nowadays of course women are equal since they have their careers, are even stronger than men! men are opressed by strong evil women men are confused, because women dont know what they want but we all know that submissivness is in womens blood we have some experts to prove it Patriarchy is safe and sound

News AnchorMan (55%) Men preparing materials (55%), esp. Politics (70%) Women preparing materials on Social Issues (70%) Men as experts (80%) Men speaking in general (75%) Male politicians (90%)

Prime time talk show Hosted by a man Talking with other men (90%)

Radio Men preparing (75%) and hosting (70%) programms Materials prepared by men (up to 90%), with exception of Social Issues (by women, 55%) Experts – men (55% Social Issues, up to 95% in Politics)

Newspapers and magazines Led both by men and women Articles written by men (60-70%)

% MPs 11% politicians appearing in the media 19% experts

Language troubles Femile suffix in Polish 1. (politician) Polityk pani polityk polityczka 2. (psychologist) Psycholog pani psycholog psycholożka 3. (professor) Profesor pani profesor profesorka? profesora? 4. (dean) Dziekan pani dziekan dziekanka dziekana? dziekanini?

The great national myths are gender-marked Emilia Jasiek

Kozak i dziewczyna Józef Brandt 1875 Oil on canvas. 51 x 99 cm Muzeum Narodowe w Kielcach

Litewska sanna Alfred Wierusz Kowalski 1884 Oil on canvas. 73 x 119 cm Private property

Pożegnanie Artur Grottger (1837–1867) Oil on canvas, 52,7 × 41,3 cm Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie

Kościuszko ratujący Polskę przed grobem Franciszek Smuglewicz 1797 Oil on canvas, 104 × cm (40.9 × 46.7 in)

Rok Polonia, Jan Matejko 1864 oil on canvas. 156 x 232 cm Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, zbiory Czartoryskich

Finis Poloniae, Jacek Malczewski 1906 Oil on canvas. 78 x 132 cm private property

Stereotypes of masculinity and femininity in contemporary Poland Bartosz Prokopyk