SOSC 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sociology Of The Family, Luddite, Jackson Katz

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1000
• Professor: Colline Terry

Document Summary

Part a- terms: violent masculinity- a concept of tough, strong and powerful-real man introduced by. This image of real man is often presented to young men through media where they see that being violent is normal. B/c of this wrong characteristic of real man, young ppl perform violently which in turn increases the levels of violence, murder and abuse. It can be compared to sex in traditional society as was studied earlier in this course traditionally real mean was the one who was physically strong, clever, stubborn and one who can provide for his family. Violence, however was not a character of real man. We can see this transformation of real man even though toys for boys. They feared technology, opposed technical change, and acted in self-defense by destroying machin: es. A similar movement was discussed in the reading by thompson, where workers protested against child labor and bad working conditions.