SOC263H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Masculinity, The Harder They Fall, Organizational Chart
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Historically, men have been accorded multiple dimensions of advantage: in power (they could vote), in privilege (they could own land), and in prestige (they were accorded special deference and respect for their gender as well as for their accomplishments) In explaining men"s resistance to changing gender roles, family sociologist william goode proposes a sociology of superordinate . He suggests that relations between men and women share aspects that are likely true of those between any other superordinate (or privileged) group and any other subordinate (disadvantaged) group. The good provider role that successful men have long been expected to use their advantages to be good providers to their families. This is not just an ancient idea; the importance of this role for men increased in the 1800s as the partnership of men and women in agrarian societies gave way to market economy dominated by businessmen. Quiet employment : such as using their homes as boarding-houses, to gain needed income.
