Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hegemonic Masculinity, Name Calling, Masculinity
9 Oct 2016
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There"s a lot of symbolism and ego associated with it. They get five minutes to recover no matter what the doctor says, yet for any other foul they have. 5 minutes to get evaluated and the doctor chooses when you go back in. Men have an investment in not making other men appear weak. There"s a lot of protection around men"s genitals. Men have weaknesses, and society does a lot of work to keep people from thinking that men have weaknesses. Definition focuses on the way in which men are socialized to be in control & maintain control over women through strength and abuse. Men are socialized through abuse to abuse others (also known as toxic masculinity) The act like a man box contains things that men are not allowed to do (ex. No crying, be strong, control and have dominance over the household and your wives) Societal influences keep men in the box (ex.
