FEM 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Raewyn Connell, Judith Butler, Hegemonic Masculinity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 1100
• Professor: Mythili Rajiva

Document Summary

3 sections 20 multiple choices, 10 true false, and 4/6 short answer. Raewyn connell transgender women understatement masculinities. Hegemony the economic, social and/or cultural dominance of one group over another without the overt use of force. Judith butler gender performativity: the effects of reiterated speech and acting that produce the (cid:373)(cid:455)th of a (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) or (cid:862)(cid:374)atural(cid:863) for(cid:373) of ge(cid:374)der (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the heterose(cid:454)ual (cid:373)atri(cid:454) Example: women being trained to be passive and polite, whereas men are more straight-forward. Butler: the pro(cid:272)ess of (cid:862)girli(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:271)egi(cid:374)s at (cid:271)irth a(cid:374)d (cid:272)arries o(cid:374) o(cid:448)er a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s life. Active social construction: masculinities come into existence as people act. They are actively produced, using the resources and strategies available in a given milieu. Masculinities created in specific historical circumstances vulnerable to contestation in which a dominant masculinity may be displaced. Masculinities do not first exist and then come into contact with femininities, they are produced together in the process that constitutes a gender order.