SOCI 375 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Michael Kimmel, Intersectionality
30 Sep 2017
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The approaches do not examine individuals who can be privileged in certain aspects of their lives, while oppressed in others. Furthermore, monolithic approaches, following a binary, are limited in what they can understand and explain about privilege, and makes invisible the identities of those who do not completely conform to the heteronormative/patriarchal standards of what a real man is. Masculinity should be studied intersectionally, rather than as a duality, because there is a multitude of ways that men can have and lack privilege, and it is important to understand how these aspects intersect and influence one another. These analyses of privilege also negate the realities of masculinity in society, and ignore the many ways masculinity operates as a set of rules and regulations in every facet of life. The notion of a real man is not limited to gender, but also includes the way men look, the work they do, and how they express their sexuality.
