SOC362H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Hegemonic Masculinity, Male Privilege, Sexual Minority
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Gendering violence: masculinity and power in men"s accounts of domestic violence. gender & Early research and feminist analysis highlights male domination and control of women. Physical, structural and emotional forces sustain men"s control over women. Racial and ethnic identity and sexual constraints faced by women from intimate partners. The way batterers remember violent accounts is in a way in which they deny violence and present themselves with non-violent identities. Men use violence to punish female partners who fail to meet physical, sexual and emotional needs - violence is a resource to demonstrate manliness. Masculine identities constructed through violent acts and batterers ability to control partner. Gender construction with men"s accounts of gender violence batterers construct masculine identity through violence create and sustain notions of natural differences. Gender is a routine, methodological and ongoing accomplishment instability of masculine subjectivity gender performance makes male power appear natural/normal. Gender is part of system that sustains heterosexual male privilege denigration of other identities.
