Ch 2. Emphasized femininity & Hegemonic Masculinity Flashcards

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Patterns of behavior that are associated with masculinity. Remember gender as a performance. Our society has constructed masculinity with dominance.

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Hegemonic Masculinity

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Often portrayed as the complete opposite of hegemonic masculinity. Our society has constructed feminity with submission.

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Emphasised Feminity

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Both hegemonic masculinity and emphasized feminity are considered…

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…ideal types/standard.

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The gender regime functions as an agent of…

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…social control in our society

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the knowledge, values, skills, tastes, and ideas that are valued in a culture, society, or social group. These things help us to succeed in increase our life chances

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Cultural Capital

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Societal mechanisms that serve to dominate or subjugate members of society

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Social Control and Micro-Powers

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One of the biggest ways to have social control is through the creation of…

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…stigma

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an identity when someone SEES you they can stigmatize you.

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discredited existence/identity

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a stigma that must be revealed and someone that people cannot obviously see

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discreditable identity/existence

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the idea that the most desirable/ideal woman is relatively thin

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the cult of thinness

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What is the harm in creating a standard for acceptable bodies?

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This idea produces a “deficit’ model resulting in social stigma

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in performing feminity, a part of what a woman should do is to secure the attention of a man. You must be visible as in getting the man’s attention but also invisible by being powerless

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The Male Gaze

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keeps women out of the realm of business and politics and prevents them from achieving maximum potential.

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the beauty myth

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Obsessive thinking over one or more perceived defects or flaws in appearance

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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The focus here is on gender performance, expression and identity

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Gender Dysphoria

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