SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Human Behavior, Hypermasculinity, Consumerism
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Tough guise 2: violence, manhood & american culture video notes. Gender neutral references to male perpetrators (youth violence, shooters, etc. ) De-gendering violence and blaming violence on other sources (even though these fa(cid:272)tors are prese(cid:374)t i(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s" li(cid:448)es as (cid:449)ell(cid:895). Focus on helping women after the fact instead of men before the fact. Biology and men are programmed are to be violent (boys will be boys). Human behavior is a complex combination of environment and biology, etc. Relationship between violence in culture and violence in reality. Sandy springs shooting: gun industry vs entertainment industry. Guys are put into a box that does(cid:374)"t allo(cid:449) a(cid:374)(cid:455) e(cid:454)pressio(cid:374) other tha(cid:374) (cid:448)iole(cid:374)(cid:272)e. (cid:862)the tough guise(cid:863) or risk being shamed as less than a man. Mena hardened by the world, men of few words. Men idealized as violent vigilante/ warrior aiming to achieve respect. Pressure to be violence crosses race and ethnic lines. Blacks and latinos are overrepresented as gang bangers, etc.
