WGST 2800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hegemonic Masculinity, Wgst, Cisgender

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 2800
• Professor: Megan Rivers- Moore

Document Summary

In the headlines students see male professors as brilliant geniuses, female professors as bossy and annoying . Change over the life course (e. g. man proving himself might change over time) No universal experience of masculinity or femininity not all created equal. Hegemonic masculinity: heterosexual, virile, able-bodied, cisgender; the version that is most powerful and important in society at a given time; attitudes/behaviors/characteristics that are the standard against which manhood is measured. Act out masculinities and femininities constant process of trying to fit into unattainable model. Lots of men feel a degree of individual powerlessness. Cambridge study how we treat girl babies vs. boy babies. Ownership of women i. e. fathers" ownership of daughters" virginities. Tolerance of boys" disruption in class is for white boys. Does my butt look big in this diaper onesie vs. lock up your daughters onesie. Manspreading implication is that men like this are hauling something so huge that it requires its own seat (heather mallick)