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Wiki Masculinity

Nature vs. Nurture.

-social scientists believe a more useful treatment is nature AND nature.

-both intersect to influence gender identity and masculinity

Hegemonic Masculinity

-gender is about power

-heg masc is a mythical ideal – few men attain it and this makes it much more powerful

-heg masc is the most valued construction of masculinity in a given culture

-varies by culture and over time

Gender as a Performance

-“Doing gender” – not who one is, but what one does