This essay extends the research on portrayals of intimate relationships and men's studies. The essay argues that the ability of popular teen magazines to continuously present monolithic images of traditional young women in the face of social change is enabled by representations of young men who are fusions of the sensitive, emotionally expressive and respectful “new man” with the naturally/inherently socially, emotionally and physically dominant man. The hegemonic images of these men who are presented as both amorphous and omnipresent is contrasted with the images of the more pure version of the new men presented in these same magazines. The strategies used within these magazines contribute to a culture where teen girls are both in awe and in fear of their teen boy counterparts and focused on the personal rather than the social and political.
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