SOCI 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bisexuality, Phyllis Schlafly, Hegemonic Masculinity
Document Summary
Power within the social structure (external patterned outcome) for each other groups. Creates barriers for men too: if they don"t meet that masculinity expectation they are perceived as inadequate or gay or other. Power is co-determined and relational (we are affected by power, but we also shape it) Institutional domains (public means by which we live our lives) Even though we control the rules, there is almost no change within our society and history. Neoliberalism: free-trade, no welfare, survival of the fittest mentality, gov"t sponsored programs make people worse off. Men are subject to control of gendered stereotypes; supposed to be dominant and violent. Gender is a social structure that is replicated and globalized. Dec 2015 un group of gender-based discrimination came to u. s. and issued a report of country. #72 for women"s rep in gov, rise in maternal mortality, Lack of federal oversight in reproductive justice - all regulated by state.
