SOCI 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Hegemonic Masculinity, Essentialism, Endangerment
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Reading 17: athletes in the pool, girls and boys on deck. Social change in gender equality is uneven depending on the domain. Formal age separation within school at the same time as relaxed non-gendered ways. Hegemony is negotiated and contested w/in group interactions. The gender geography of sun valley swim team. Best swimmers of age category sharks had less gendered construction in practice. Coach organized lanes based on fastest times not gender. Direct comparison leaves no room for the you were beat by a girl tease. Due to athlete"s commitment and being the fastest within age group, much more focused. Having fun with friends: unsupervised swim free time. Despite not being gendered in the races, when it comes to free time, the swimmers generally spent time with their good friends who were all of the same gender. Physical gendered separation in the lanes of freetime reinforced gendered stereotypes.
