HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hegemonic Masculinity, Bed Rest, Postpartum Depression
9 Feb 2018
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Some say that the expression and response is different and others say that the underlying causes are the same. Gender is something one does (what someone does/how someone acts), sex is something one has (refer to biology) Something that"s so powerful as a concept that we don"t realize we"re living within that concept. There are some ways of assuming masculinity that are so ingrained we assume them to be natural. How we expect women to act - differential, gentile, polite, pleasing. These two ideas are powerful and work together to reinforce one another in our society and create our sense of patriarchy. Multiple masculinities and femininities - dominant forms and subordinate other expressions expressions. When people act in ways that contravene the norms, it can be risky. E. g. heterosexuality held as superior to "inferior sexualities" Real differences in wellbeing and psychopathology based on physiological differences. Pms and post-partum depression to anti-social personality disorder.
