ANTHROP 1AA3 Chapter Notes -Erving Goffman
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Female hands: let environment control them ;not holding things in a strong manner; not in control of it; delicate/light; caressing; weak and superficial (touching their bodies lightly) Male hands: masculine; controlling; bold; manipulating their environment and molding it to their desires (strength) Poses in modeling demonstrate that women are: powerlessness/submissive/dependent/vulnerable. Modeling shaped by cultural expectations of gender roles. Women often presented as not paying attention to the world around them/oblivious to any threats. Presented unconsciously: either knocked out or dead and when presented consciously they are usually biting their lip or holding themselves suggesting frailty and weakness. Women presented as young girls/young girls introduced to sexuality at a young age. Masculinity; what it means to be a man has everything to do with what it is not. Opposite of femininity (impossible to define one without the other) About comfort, control, strength opposed to ungrounded, vulnerable, and weakness.