SOC 0851 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Marital Rape, Masculinity, Emasculation
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Coercive power: takes the form of violence or the threat of violence (building block upon which all other forms of gender power are built) ex. In a rape prone culture rape is a part of a larger cultural system that includes high rates of interpersonal violence, male dominane, and sexual separation. Men and women live largely separate lives and men are more concerned with proving their manhood than are the men in rape free b. The motivation to party in college was gender neutral but the party itself wasn"t e. Interaction routine (taken for granted rules dictate how to have fun at a party: deference. Violent intersections: slavery, human trafficking, feminization of poverty-if women are in charge of a family, the family is more likely to struggle economically and therefore find themselves in poverty. d. Increased economic vulnerability are also caused by outright gender discrimination and the lack of educational and professional opportunities available to women around the world.
