HUMA113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ethical Dilemma, Group Sex, Enculturation
HUMA113 Lecture Notes Tuesday 10th October 2017
Blackrock – the play
Nick Enright
Unpacking the themes
Masculinity
- What it means to be a man in Australian society
- Emotional repression in males
- Physical violence as an expression of masculinity
- Views regarding women, including sexual objectification and low status
- Gender division
Mateship
- Desire to belong
- Strong homo social bonds
- Solidarity
- Connections between mateship and responsibility
- Code of conduct
Sexual violence
- As a form of power
- As an everyday part of Australian culture
- A belief in female culpability in violence enacted upon them
- Group sex and sexual violence as a homo social bonding experience
Responsibility and guilt
- Moral dilemma of responsibility to makes, the law and the moral good
- Responsibility in acts of sexual violence
- The guilt of the bystander
A culture of Misogyny
- The enculturation of young men into a system that promotes patriarchy, and sees
violence as acceptable and objectifies women
- The fragility of women that results from such a culture
- The role of both women and men in reinforcing this culture
Class
- The implications of class difference and interaction
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Document Summary
What it means to be a man in australian society. Physical violence as an expression of masculinity. Views regarding women, including sexual objectification and low status. As an everyday part of australian culture. A belief in female culpability in violence enacted upon them. Group sex and sexual violence as a homo social bonding experience. Moral dilemma of responsibility to makes, the law and the moral good. The enculturation of young men into a system that promotes patriarchy, and sees violence as acceptable and objectifies women. The fragility of women that results from such a culture. The role of both women and men in reinforcing this culture.
