Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hegemonic Masculinity, Campus Sexual Assault, Michael Kimmel

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Masculinity in general and what it means to be a real man. Patriarchal dividend- all men benefit from a patriarchal dividend, by the very fact that they"re born male they will receive some benefit in the world, even for those who are marginalized. Hegemonic refer to something ruling or dominant. Hierarchy of masculinity whereby some are subordinate and this is when take in intersectional points. I. e nuclear family no longer the norm, but it is normative, still see this as ideal to aspire to. Much of the same way have saying women don"t dress for men they dress for other women same with men. Homosocial; performed for and particularity judged by other men. Compromising themselves trying to achieve these ideals. Teenage boys get these qualities suppressed even more. The idea of a real man" in a given time and place. Men not only organized hierarchically in relation to women but also with and to each other hierarchy of masculinities.