SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Jean Kilbourne, Killing Us Softly, Hegemonic Masculinity
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Emma watson, united nations gender equality ambassador: http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=p-ifl4qhbse. Nurturing women constrained by pregnancy and breastfeeding. Women: homebound;strong men move to protect and provide. Contemporary gender relations shaped by this ancient division of labour. Hormones evolved to produce gendered behaviour conducive for survival. Male social domination biologically determined due to superior hormones. 1)empirically flawed i)speculative ii)out of date iii)inaccurate depiction of women"s lives: inconclusive links between hormones and behavior-social context influences hormones. 4)extensive overlap of characteristics and abilities between men and women: variation in behaviour within a gender group isn"t explained. Hormones are actually affected by social context for men and women, testosterone raises for both men and women in a fight. If biology is stable, how do we explain such gender variations? http://www. teenvogue. com/story/gender-variance-around-the-world. A social system specific to a society. Organizes relations between women and men, including their relative social value. Ideas and practices associated with masculinity and femininity in a society.
