SOCI 270 Lecture 11: Lecture 11 - SOCI 270
12 Jun 2016
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The behaviours, social roles, and relations of men within a given society as well as the meanings attributed to them. Manhood is not the manifestation of an inner essence; it is socially constructed. Manhood does not bubble up to consciousness from our biological makeup; it is created in culture. Manhood means different things at different times to different people. The most important theory of this section of ideas. It"s an important tool for understanding the relationship between these different masculinities and between femininity and masculinity. This theory was developed as a response to sex role theory. o. Response to sex role theory: need to account for differences among men, need to conceptualize power and domination, need to understand the importance of gender as a social relation. At the core of this theory is 4 types of masculinity. Hegemonic masculinity: the pattern of practice that allows men"s dominance over women to continue o o.
