week 4

Question 1

hegemonic femininities/masculinities

Answer 1

• an ideology that establishes a power or dominance in gender
• hegemonic masculinities: “survival guide to fatherhood” wording of paternal parenting books in dad speech community, default of “man” in a lot of philosophical historical texts, often referring to things like strength
• hegemonic femininities: “stay at home mom” ideologies, women should speak quietly and use “honor” language in japan

Question 2

positive markers

Answer 2

• things we DO to demonstrate identity affiliation
• ie. wearing an oilers jersey

Question 3

negative markers

Answer 3

• things we AVOID to demonstrate identity affiliation
• wearing red/yellow/black (calgary flames) as an oilers fan

Question 4

how are boundaries of communities policed? (example)

Answer 4

• kogals purposefully discuss taboo topics
• kogals don’t use honorific language to show that men are not superior to them
• kogals dress in “calculated cutess and studied ugliness”
• kogals avoid infixes