SOC275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hegemonic Masculinity, Sex Organ, Role Theory
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Soc275h5 lecture 3: the social construction of gender relations sociological and feminist perspectives. Main topics of the day: review of the key concepts: hegemonic and subordinate masculinity and femininity, a social constructionist perspective difference, power, and the social institutions. Doing gender : group exercise 1: varieties of feminisms. Hegemonic masculinity: more of relational terms, instead of being fixed. These masculinities are plural, within different types of masculinity in relation to one another. Her femininity boosts his masculinity (hence, hegemonic masculinity needs emphasized femininity). Emphasized femininity: an exaggerated form of femininity; women confronting to the needs and desires of men, ex. The two main girls, regina and cady fight over winning the affection of a male named aaron. Their roles in the movie are to play as the sex objects in high school, the girls that every wants to be with and every girl wants to look like.
