17 Match the words in the left and right columns to restore the collocations from the text. Give the context where they are used.
| 1.
| ideological
| gaze
| a.
|
| 1.
| destroy
| no applause
| a.
|
| 2.
| less heroic
| business
| b.
|
| 2.
| expose
| common knowledge
| b.
|
| 3.
| oaken
| masculinity
| c.
|
| 3.
| mess up
| pomposities
| c.
|
| 4.
| charming
| feelings
| d.
|
| 4.
| pass into
| lives
| d.
|
| 5.
| sexual obsessive
| archetypes
| e.
|
| 5.
| present
| "femininity" intact
| e.
|
| 6.
| public
| flip sides
| f.
|
| 6.
| police
| pretensions
| f.
|
| 7.
| bloke
| contender
| g.
|
| 7.
| enjoy
| ambivalence
| g.
|
| 8.
| worn-out
| job
| h.
|
| 8.
| take
| manhood's customs
| h.
|
| 9.
| true
| manhood
| i.
|
| 9.
| guarantee
| the male social self
| i.
|
| 10.
| pure
| dangler after women
| j.
|
| 10.
| shed
| themselves
| j.
|
| 11.
| mixed
| lady-killer
| k.
|
| 11.
| illustrate
| a price
| k.
|
| 12.
| exacting
| patriarch
| l.
|
| 12.
| defame
| privileges
| l.
|
| 13.
| obvious
| cut-out
| m.
|
| 13.
| keep
| the straitjacket
| m.
|
18 The text contains words and phrases highlighted in bold type. Paraphrase the abstracts to aid your understanding of them and share your attitude to the ideas.
19 Work out two lists of personal traits that you: (1) expect and most welcome in a man and (2) the qualities that you dislike in a man. Then, comment on your lists: (a) explain the importance of each item you have put on the list and (b) what attitudes and behaviour those should suggest.
Use both parts of the text for reference. Finalise the discussion with a home-written argumentative composition, which will contribute to the society's awareness of the long-sought concept of masculinity.
