SOC275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Talcott Parsons, Shoplifting, Masculinity
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Masculinity and violence: male tendency to violence is related to men"s greater tendency toward risk-taking behaviours and rule-breaking in general, biological evidence itself is unconvincing of violent behaviour. Androgens and biological factors in general provide a partial but insufficient explanation of male violence: for men, violence is a way to prove masculinity. Violence enables males to avoid becoming their own enemies. North discussed, violence is a way for boys to separate themselves from their mothers. American men fear emasculation, humiliation, and traits associated with feminine nature. They avoid this through violence, because to them, it is proof of masculinity. Real" man, because he is not afraid to be violent. achieving masculinities, since the traditional means like supporting families through hunting and trapping no longer exist. In canada, masculine violence for aboriginal men is an alternative way of. Female criminality and violence: still, women are a small minority of offenders.
