WGSS 1105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Androcentrism, Cheerleading, Masculinity
29 Jan 2017
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Was masculine then feminine once women began participating in it. Patriarchy- the rule of the father (116) was how the world was for centuries. Men began to have a more equal footing but women still had to fight for even the most basic rights (right to vote, hold office, keep own earnings) Formal gender equality: the legal requirement that men and women be treated more or less the same (117) now seems obvious due to all the work in the past that gained so many basic rights. Still think about gender a certain way: men seen as people first while women are seen as women and then people. Idea live in a modified patriarchy: the persistent centering of men as normal or neutral and the marginalizing of women as a modified, non-neutral type of person, a relative of a real (male) person (117) Equate exercise of power with masculinity power was gendered as male.
