CRIM 104 Lecture : crim 104 week 12 december 04.docx

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14 Apr 2012

School

Simon Fraser University

Department

Criminology

Course

CRIM 104

Professor

Barry Cartwright

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Men and boys are perpetrators of most crimes, and have virtual monopolies on some kinds of crime. Instead of asking why women don"t commit crimes, criminologists should ask why men do. Many feminists started to view femaleness as normative or good and. Heterosexuality condemned as another means by which men maintained patriarchy and dominated women. The idea that men are naturally aggressive is wrong men learn to be aggressive, just like other behaviour is learned. Men and boys construct masculinity differently men are raised to be tough and aggressive, girls to be timid and docile. Need to bring men into the equation consider gendered content of men"s behaviour and of crime. Sociology of masculinity comprehend why men are involved disproportionately in crime , why they commit different types of crime. Interrelationships between social actions/practices , social structures and race, class and gender relations. Boys will be boys differently, depending upon position in social structure and access to power and resources.

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Module 3 Discussion: Masculinity in advertising

This week's Ad Critique assignment deals with constructions of femininity in advertising. It's important to acknowledge that ads also construct and reinforce ideas of what it means to be masculine. Find an ad that illustrates some construction of masculinity and briefly discuss it in this week's Forum.

As an example, view this spot about The Most Interesting Man in the World from Dos Equis which constructs masculinity using some fairly well-known stereotypes (e.g., conquering nature, conquering women, etc.). Not all constructions are as blatant. You may be able to find a discuss an ad that uses more connotative constructions to present ideas of what it means to be masculine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4zfsy6rsM

Spotted hyenas are an unusualspecies. They are extremely social and have very complex socialbehavior. The females are extremely aggressive and are dominant tothe far less aggressive males. Female genitalia is extremelymasculinized with no external vagina and a hypertrophied clitoristhat resembles a penis in size, shape, and the ability to becomeerect. They mate and give birth through this organ, which causes asmany as 18% to die during their first birthing and 60% of the survivors to lose theirfirstborn young.

This is a female.
Note the pseudo-penis.

Several hypotheses have been floated as to why such a thingwould evolve. For each of these hypotheses, lay out thefollowing:

What sort of evolutionary process produced the masculinizedgenitalia?
What evidence would you need to support/refute thathypothesis?

Hypotheses:

Mimicry: Females are using these masculine genitalia to mimicthe submission rituals of the males.

Anti-Infanticide: Females are aggressive as a countermeasure tomale infanticide (males killing infants). The aggressiveness iscaused by increased androgens (male sex hormones like testosterone)in the females, which in turn causes masculinized genitalia.

Competition: Dominant females produce more cubs and her cubshave a strong advantage in access to meat. The aggressiveness iscaused by increased androgens (male sex hormones like testosterone)in the females, which in turn causes masculinized genitalia.

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Spotted hyenas are an unusual species. They are extremely socialand have very complex social behavior. The females are extremelyaggressive and are dominant to the far less aggressive males.Female genitalia is extremely masculinized with no external vaginaand a hypertrophied clitoris that resembles a penis in size, shape,and the ability to become erect. They mate and give birth throughthis organ, which causes as many as 18% to die during their firstbirthing and 60% of the survivors to lose their firstbornyoung.

This is a female.
Note the pseudo-penis.

Several hypotheses have been floated as to why such a thingwould evolve. For each of these hypotheses, lay out thefollowing:

What sort of evolutionary process produced the masculinizedgenitalia?
What evidence would you need to support/refute thathypothesis?

Hypotheses:

Mimicry: Females are using these masculine genitalia to mimicthe submission rituals of the males.

Anti-Infanticide: Females are aggressive as a countermeasure tomale infanticide (males killing infants). The aggressiveness iscaused by increased androgens (male sex hormones like testosterone)in the females, which in turn causes masculinized genitalia.

Competition: Dominant females produce more cubs and her cubshave a strong advantage in access to meat. The aggressiveness iscaused by increased androgens (male sex hormones like testosterone)in the females, which in turn causes masculinized genitalia.

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