KINE 1000 Lecture Notes - Masculinity, Social Stratification, Patricia Hill Collins
23 Mar 2013
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The ideologies and logics behind white masculinities is re-defined by gender, race and class, as it gives effects into re-discovering and re-strengthening white male rights in society. Stereotypical roles: humans are being defined on their sex alone (m/f) and the media agrees and it portrays females as delicate and males as aggressive. Dominance/power, the impact or influence a gp. of people have over others. Million dollar baby: main character is female yet the author focuses on the male coach, instead of the athlete itself who is a minority as she is a women. Category of ppl who share a position in society based on income, wealth, social connections, education, and occupation. If you can make it normal, you can change the way ppl think=hegemony=theory of power where the dominant gp. keeps their dominance by making life normal (their version) The subordinate gp. can resist, but there is a consent to accept life the way it is (resistance vs. consent)
