Lad culture
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Lad culture also Laddish culture is a subculture commonly associated with Britpop music of the 1990s and the BBC TV sitcom, Men Behaving Badly.[1] Stereotyped for mainly males it also involves a liking for alcoholic beverages (especially lager), football, fast automobiles and men's magazines such as Loaded, Maxim and FHM.[2][3]
The term ladette refers to a female incarnation of the male 'lad' stereotype.[2][4]
A combination of music, women, technology, drinking, football, smoking and rock 'n' roll define UK lads' culture. Lad culture may be considered a later, more brutal, incarnation of Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll.
[edit] Effects
Lad culture has been identified as a source of disorientation[5] and depression[1] in British youth.
A study of the architecture profession found that lad culture had a negative impact on women completing their professional education.[6] Pundit Helen Wilkinson believes that lad culture has affected politics and decreased the ability of women to participate.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b BBC Staff (17 October 1999) "Health: Lad culture blamed for suicides" BBC News London, England;
- ^ a b Baldwin, Laura (20 July 2004) "Why It's time for the 'battle of the sexes' to end" The F-Word: contemporary UK feminism
- ^ Jha, Alok (30 March 2006) "Lad culture corrupts men as much as it debases women" The Guardian Manchester, England;
- ^ "ladette" Urban Dictionary;
- ^ BPS press office (28 June 2001) "Lad Culture and Boys' Confusion about Behaviour" New Release The British Psychological Society, Leicester, England ;
- ^ Gates, Charlie (11 July 2003) "Lad culture forces women to quit: RIBA-funded study looks at reasons behind profession's high female drop-out rate" Building Design 1587: p. 3;
- ^ Wilkinson, Helen. (August 7, 1998) "The day I fell out of love with Blair" New Statesman 127: pp. 9-10;
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