SOCB22H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hegemonic Masculinity, Moral Panic, Bet Her
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Talked about what was missing in the articles. Issues like race, class, gender, etc. were not mentioned: reena was described as different, but they never really explained why. All of the girls were seen as victims of girl violence. Why are the girls becoming more violent, when they aren"t seen as violent: disintegration of our society. Feminists blamed for leading girls and women astray. Widened life for girls, letting them be more like boys and therefore becoming increasingly violent. Feminist rebuttal saying that girls are just recreating the violence that they are subjected to. Idea that girls and women are inherently non-violent. Girls and women that meet the requirements of hegemonic femininity (white, middle-class, heterosexual, able-bodied) are in fact the fairer sex. Very much a racial, and class category. Unquestioned heteronormativity: colonial sexist-racist underpinnings in the girl violence narrative. Girls fighting (physically) over the affection of boys. Shocking: an ordinary good girl runs with the wrong crowd.
