KNES 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Constructionism, Male Privilege, Status Quo
6 May 2020
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Traditional ideas about sex and gender: 2 sexes assigned at birth based on sex organs. Problems caused: produces limited notions of sex, assumes people can be reduced to 2 categories. Trailer: the mask you live in: 3 most destructive words, be a man . Examining team sport photos over time: go from informal, touching in late 1800s to very formal, no smiling, no touching in 1950s. In the 2000s, we see both overt masculinity and gay men posing naked while touching for. Getting chicked =getting beaten by a woman: militarized language, ex johnny weir usa figure skater, deemed too flamboyant by the media who suggested a. Locker room talk discriminates against gays and women gender test on live air. Problems with the male preserve: expect too little from boys = they cant aspire to more, disordered eating, body dysmorphia, use of performance enhancing substances.
