SOCI 100B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Hegemonic Masculinity, Intersex, Hidden Curriculum
23 Oct 2016
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Sex: a determination of male or female on the basis of a set of socially agreed-upon biological criteria. Refers to the socially constructed characteristics associated with boys and girls. Masculinity and femininity relate to our society and how objects can act based on. Example: sperm is masculine because it is described as aggressive. The egg is which category we fall into. Gender relations: organizing principals that shape and order interactions between, as well as the relative social importance of, women and men. Also shape the worth of women and men. Transgender: an umbrella term for a range of people who do not fit into the normative constructions of sex and gender. Living as the gender they identify to be without any sex reassignment procedure. Transsexual: a person who undergoes sex reassignment, which may include surgeries. Hegemonic masculinity: the normative ideal of dominant masculinity. Characteristics of hegemonic masculinity: aggressiveness, control, strength, drive, ambition, and not valuing women.
