SOCB22H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hegemonic Masculinity, Androcentrism, Masculinity
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Pay attention to the readings and the lecture. No need to memorize any specific details. Know what each readings is about, just be able to do that. Involves as process where can identify attributor and the subject. A gender script is culturally defined and accepted by the society at large. There is a mechanism of doing gender. The gender script has been expanded and revised but still we could see very clear binary categories of femininity and masculinity. We talk about key concepts of sexism, androcentrism, and subordination. This captures the gender relationships that continue to exist. Relationships where male dominating females is continued. Restructuring gender relations and the other emphasizes transforming masculinities. Each male has personal relationships with women in their lives and those personal relationships matter to men and to their lives as well. Emphasize cheerleading as a gender activity, cheerleading was dominant by men and then it became dominated by women.
