SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Emma Watson, Masculinity, Social System
16 Sep 2016
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Emma watson did a speech from the un. Men feel like they are not invited into the conversation or that they are not allowed to participate. Evidence: hunting & gathering society, women spend so much time being pregnant, breastfeeding & caring for children. Nurturing women constrained by pregnancy & breastfeeding. Strong men move to protect, collect & provide. Our gender relations shaped by this ancient division of labor. Hormones evolved to produce gendered behavior conducive for survival. Testosterone: rationality & aggressiveness, men as hunters. Estrogen: passive & nurturing, women as caregivers. Male social domination biologically determined due to superior hormones. Men win the social advantage because they win/superior hormones. A social system specific to a society. Organizes relations between women & men, including their relative social. Ideas & practices associated with masculinity & femininity in a society. Gendered ideas & practices change as the larger social context changes. Social value attached to things associated with men & masculinity: egs.
