SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hegemonic Masculinity, Transphobia, Long Hair
18 Oct 2016
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It is imaginary and real
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Gender is a social idea
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Thin
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Tall
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Long hair
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Must always have make up on
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Babies, puppies also have big eyes
Abnormally large eyes
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They say that women are supposed to be:
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Women are not really in political power
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She seems to have to dress like a man
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Showing that male nurses are just normal men doing a normal
job.
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There is nothing less manly about them
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Their job is actually hard and takes more effort than people
think
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Girls always have to dress up more fancy
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Girls should show skin
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Girls must be cute
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Boys can goof around
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Sex:
Refers to physiological
differences between males and
females (little, 368)
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Rooted in biology
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Our physical selves
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Bodies are male, female or
intersexed
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Gender:
Social or cultural distinctions associated with
being male or female (little, 368)
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Bodies are socially produced to be masculine or
feminine
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We are in a 2 gender system
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Dichotomous Thinking:
Based on binaries: black/white, male/female, straight/gay
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Binaries are NOT equal in power
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Binary thinking is historically and culturally specific
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Binaries are not stable
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The bullying is the borderwork
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Ie: if a boy wears a skirt to school and gets made fun of
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Document Summary
They say that women are supposed to be: She seems to have to dress like a man. Showing that male nurses are just normal men doing a normal job. Their job is actually hard and takes more effort than people think. Girls always have to dress up more fancy. Refers to physiological differences between males and females (little, 368) Social or cultural distinctions associated with being male or female (little, 368) Bodies are socially produced to be masculine or feminine. Ie: if a boy wears a skirt to school and gets made fun of. In past when people are born intersexed, they are treated with surgery, therapy, etc It makes it sound like something happened to them. They require borderwork (social sanctions that ensure that these gender ideals seem natural, universal and timeless) Repercussions of your actions that are not the norms. Ie transphobia - not using preferred pronouns, asking too intimate questions.
