SOC 207 Chapter Notes - Chapter 28: Physical Abuse, Masculinity, Commodification
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Fraternities are a physical and sociocultural context that encourages the sexual coercion of women (120: use of coercion in sexual relations with women is normative . Abusive social context for women : florida state university. Bitches getting away without punishment: 150 members, all denied what happened, lied to a grand jury. Valued qualities of members: pledges the prefer, masculine, athletic, big, sports, like to drink, social, clean cut, dress well, rich, ladies man, pledges the reject, people who don"t drink, geeks, gay, wimpy, liberal arts majors, have long hair. Violence and physical force (125: they are violent towards each other, hazing, ***similar to sports, violence with each other translates to violence against women. Competition and superiority: frat rivals, pride in identifying aspects of their frat, winning shit, grades, looks, parties, etc. Women as bait: women attract new members, print pictures of women in shit they give out to pledges, frats are a place to meet women.
