SOCW 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Corrective Rape, Hypermasculinity, Male Gaze

• School: Xavier University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOCW 206
• Professor: Taj Smith

Document Summary

Sexism, trans-oppression/cissexism, & heterosexism: trans-oppression/cissexism the oppression of gender variant/trans people, sexism oppression of biological women and transgender women, heterosexism oppression of people who do not identify at heterosexual. Patriarchy: cuts across ethnicity and race, men, especially cis-gender and heterosexual men, have more social power and are more highly valued. Misogyny: hatred and or objectification of femaleness; treating women as objects to be possessed or to define their value only in their body. Femicide: murder of a female (usually by an intimate partner) In mexico, only 24% were investigated, less than 2% sentenced. Misogyny video: wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) po(cid:396)t(cid:396)a(cid:455)ed as he(cid:396)e fo(cid:396) (cid:373)ales(cid:859) e(cid:374)te(cid:396)tai(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, lo(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:271)lo(cid:449)jo(cid:271)s/pleasi(cid:374)g (cid:373)e(cid:374, women sexualized even in unrelated ads (food, perfume, handbags, etc. , #womennotobjects. Ca(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)e just t(cid:396)eat (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:396)ight (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e human: choices are constructed based/limited by our experiences and society, male gaze & patriarchal power upheld not only by men, but also by women.