SOC 103 Lecture Notes - Glass Ceiling, Hegemonic Masculinity, Heterosexism
15 Oct 2012
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Hegemonic masculinity refers to society"s ideal image for men (example would be the most interesting man in the world ) Emphasized femininity refers to society"s ideal image for women. Functionalism refers to where functionalists divide up society into interrelated parts where each part serves a specific function to help maintain equilibrium in the whole. Dichotomous thinking: is based on binaries such as race, gender, and sexuality (homo/hetero) Men: independent: are rational, physically strong, gain wisdom with age. Women: are emotional, dependant, physically weak lose sex appeal with age (also value) Our understandings of heterosexuality are phallocentric (based on male pleasure) The sexual double standard: refers to when one who has had many sexual relations experience gendered consequences; men are heralded as studs whereas women are marked as sluts . Heterosexism: refers to the belief in the inherent superiority of one pattern of loving and thereby its right to dominance. Learning about gender: families: males are treated slightly differently than females.
