SYG 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Nimby, Cisgender, Neoliberalism
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March 23 masculinities as social roles masculinity: the social roles, behaviors, and meanings prescribed for men in any given society at one time more than just biology multiple masculinities can exist masculinity is intersectional masculinities vary over time masculinities in context gendered institutions shape behavior hegemonic masculinity model masculinity against which men in a given culture measure themselves all cultures have a version remember the hierarchy part of being a man is not being a woman. March 28 environmental sociology studies how humans and society impact the environment relationship between power, structures, and the natural world how does the environment shape us, and vice versa? difference between local and global environmental problems local (somewhat) easy to solve global difficult to tackle environmental problems important sidenote when we talk about global environmental problems, there"s a tendency to blame people in poverty for degrading the environment the concept of power why are people living on the margins.