WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hegemonic Masculinity, Overprotected, Masculinity

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1808
• Professor: Debra Graham

Document Summary

Social structures: systems in society that are organized by a characteristic pattern of human relationships. For example: language, family, spaces, products, fashion industry and legal rights. Gender is integrated into the english system (he/she/his/hers). We now have the right to choose different pronouns. Gender- neutral pronouns (see chart) exist in the english language. I(cid:374) (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1006), (cid:862)made(cid:373)oiselle(cid:863) (cid:449)as (cid:271)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ed fro(cid:373) fra(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:859)s la(cid:374)guage (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it assu(cid:373)ed that (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:374)eeded heterose(cid:454)ual (cid:373)arriage. I(cid:374) (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1005), australia put a(cid:374) (cid:858)x(cid:859) o(cid:374) their passport for intersex people. These are both examples of ways societies are shifting away from the binary system in language. Family: family is a structure that embeds many of our values. We are starting to see changes in how families socialize gender. Hegemonic masculinity is the ideal form of masculinity that is culturally dominant in a given setting (our society is unemotional, strong, active, dominant, etc. ). it is also expression of the privilege men collectively have over women.