FEMST 20 Lecture Notes - Omen, Emotional Labor, Plastic Surgery
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Social institutions (family, school, media, language, law, medicine, ect. ) Socialization does not end with childhood: race, ethnicity, & class affect how people are socialized as men and women. Socialization, gender, and childhood (newman: narrow gender expectations for young boys (and girls) stifle their personalities and emotional development. Masculinity-sexuality links: males who do not fit masculine norms risk being rejected for, gender transgression, being perceived as gay. Sexism and homophobia promote structural oppression: media and social construction of masculinity (newman and connell, multiple masculinities, some represented as more powerful than others. Socialization through g-rated films (martin and kayak: role of heterosexuality in popular children"s films, g-rated children"s movies claim to be free from sexuality. Body image, in fact, may be the pivotal third wave issue-- the common struggle that mobilizes the current feminist generation -amy richards, 2000, co-author, manifesta: young women,
