SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Misogyny, Antonio Gramsci, Masculinity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3750
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Criicism of basic training: length of ime. Not good for policing who have to work with the public: paramilitary. Take a cadet into the police academy strip idenity and turn them into a urban soldier. Shooing irst- quesions later- not good for public appearance on police: technical skills. How to take someone down without excessive force. Should be more emphasis on technical and social skills: stress. Not good for them or the job. By geing consent allows the dominant group to stay in power. Athleics and educaional achievement which leads to status. Men who engage in non-heterosexual aciviies are also not wanted. Women are too emoional and domesic to be police oicers. A lot of paper work, not a lot of violence. Claims to the image of the masculine cop. Started in the 80s- cemented itself in the 90s. How can we get the public to like the police more. Realized they had to be more proacive in their communiies.