PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Tibetan Buddhism, Jackson Katz, Masculinity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Social factors are more important in explaining aggression than personality factors. Violence around the world: <5 murders per 100, 000 people = non-violent society; japan, china, canada, >5 murders per 100,000 people = medium level of aggression; us (only western, industrialized society that falls into this category) 10 or over murders per 100,000 people = mexico, panama. Non-violent societies: balinese (indonesian island of bali) (cid:224) people believe that being peaceful is an important characteristics; engaging in an argument is not considered assertive. Gender & violence: masculinity and violence, men are more aggressive and competitive than women, tough guise, violence, media, and the crisis in masculinity by jackson katz. The representation of masculinity in the media: in modern north american societies manhood is defined as dominance, powerful, control, media construct violence as cultural norm for men. For boys at age 8, most of their behavior falls into physical aggression.