CMN 3104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Manufacturing Consent, Binary Opposition, Social Stratification
24 Feb 2016
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How do we know what we know in the world we live in. In order to intervene in what we know we have to ask the question how come we know what we know and for what purpose. Those who have power to generate meanings in society generate meanings of interest. The girl is seen as already castrated and thus her early identification with her mother. The unconditional love of mothers to their children become prohibited to their development. There are some sort of things that we think of as typical or normal for male or female. Masculinity is socially constructed same way as femininity, but with masculinity you get the power of authority. It creates some sort of a consent about gender categorization. Words do categorize they have a function in the society o! They also have a role in determining meaning. Power is at the heart of social stratification. o! how we place each other in society.
