AN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Child Harvesting, Hegemonic Masculinity, Masculinity
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Bad intelligence testing in schools- comes up with number of your overall intelligence based off a couple of tests. Gift giving- best gift makes you better. Ex. saudia arabia women not allowed out unless with family man. Man and women acting like each other by dressing up as one another- exaggerated version of one. Bad symbolic language women as baby factories and menstrual period - all said in negative terms. Men by nature active and women by nature are passive. Women in spiritual sense are elevated too because they create birth, more loving, kind = the goddess. Masculinity is hegemonic- male monopoly on virtue and masculines involves characters that are positive athletic . Men try to out men each other- compete sports and competitions. Real men will aggressively pursue women- catcalling. Phallocentrism= penis centered behavior- males tend to dominate women sexually. Abortion of female babies from china and india.
