RTF 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Femininity, Masculinity, Hegemonic Masculinity

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Radio-Television-Film
• Course: RTF 307
• Professor: J.Mc Clearen

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Overt racism the coverage granted to openly racist arguments, positions, or spokespersons. Inferential racism naturalized representations of events and situations relating to race, (cid:449)hethe(cid:396) (cid:862)fa(cid:272)tual(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)fi(cid:272)tio(cid:374)al,(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h ha(cid:448)e (cid:396)a(cid:272)ist ideas listed i(cid:374) the(cid:373) as a set of u(cid:374)(cid:395)uestio(cid:374)ed ideas. Gender = cultural differentiation or men and women, socially constructed, binary, ideological. Sex = categories into which living things are divided based on reproductive functions. Masculinity = possession of qualities traditionally associated with boys and men. Femininity = possession of qualities traditionally associated with girls and women. Prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex or gender. Overt sexism the coverage granted to openly sexist arguments, positions, or spokespersons. Inferential sexism naturalized representations of events and situations relating to gender and se(cid:454), (cid:449)hethe(cid:396) (cid:862)fa(cid:272)tual(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)fi(cid:272)tio(cid:374)al,(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h ha(cid:448)e se(cid:454)ist ideas listed i(cid:374) the(cid:373) as a set of unquestioned ideas. Example of sexism dove 2017 ad where black female takes off shirt to reveal white female.