SOC 502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Holly Johnson, Anger Management, Dysfunctional Family

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 502
• Professor: Kelly Train

Document Summary

Week 4 the social construction of masculinity, patriarchy and. All theories are only about the statistics that are collected. But the only cases reported are some physical violence. Social learning: also known as cycle of abuse theory, social learning theory doesn"t blame society, just your dysfunctional family, you learned through your family to abuse and that violence is power. Men peer support: walter deceseretti, theory is based on four things, fourth one is most important, he did his research by looking at the statistics, only looking at psychical cases that got reported, which is low income men. Sex role theory: borderline psychological, should be called gender role theory, theory is about very narrow constructions of masculinity and femininity, aggression, domination, competition, toughness, stoicism, and unemotional behaviour. Systems: family is a system of inter related parts, and external issues. Radical: only radical feminists were concerned about violence, no means no etc.