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    the population‚ particularly through the media and the social institutions which seem to appear “normal”‚ “ordinary” and “natural”. The state‚ through punishment for non-conformers‚ is vital in this negotiations and enforcement (Connell‚ 1987). Donaldson (1993) also

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    additional conversations.) 1. Connell early on argues for the need of a broad-enough analysis that can describe and examine the larger sociopolitical structure that masculinities is a part of. Is this work successful of that? And what are the theoretical/action-based implications of re-visioning masculinities as a particular product of a particularizing gender system (especially one

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    up masculine”‚ this is not a term which can be described and understood in a few sentences. Masculinity is a term frequently used in today’s modern society but do we know it’s true meaning? Over the course of this paper we shall discuss what masculinity is and how it can affect the lives of boys as they mature and grow into men. The first issue that needs to be discussed is that of gender and what masculinity really means. When a person is born depending on whether they are male or female they will

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    contextual analysis‚ which should demonstrate a significant polarity between the two masculinities. Correspondingly‚ the data analysis will cover the way in which hegemonic masculinity is exemplified through the advertisements‚ and the effects this has on young men. The research will focus on the idea of binary opposition and how this contributes to the understanding of metrosexual and retrosexual masculinities‚ which ultimately follows up from the research examined in the first section on male dominance

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    Sociology of gender explores how society affects our perception and interpretations of the polarities between femininity (how society perceive the appropriate behavior for “women”) and masculinity (how society perceive the appropriate behavior for “men”). This allows us to examine how society successfully modifies identity and social applications. This focus exceptionally on the intensity of correlations that comes from the orthodox gender order in a specified society‚ and how it fluctuates over

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    Femininity and masculinity are socially constructed practices that reinforce gender inequality. Among the most popular variations of the social constructionist theories is the gender role theory as an early form of social constructionism (Gergen‚ 1985). The focus on power and hierarchy reveals inspiration stemming from a Marxist framework‚ utilized for instance by materialist feminism‚ and Foucault’s writings on discourse. Sex is the biological differences between male and female contradicting

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    her family‚ Tess took up a job in an insurance company entering data. Her job did not pay her much yet she worked for long hours with no pay rise. (Wiseman‚ 1998 p.7). This was because women were seen "lower down the hierarchy" in the workforce. (Connell‚ 2009 p.2). Also‚ women worldwide regardless of being from developed countries or the Third World countries have always been considered cheap labour. Jobs such as Tess’s were no longer as secured and well paid or full-time job when male participation

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    1.How are the views of liberal and radical feminists different? Liberal feminist and radical feminist contrast sharply in certain of their fundamental views‚ Liberal feminists thinking are a more reasoned intellectual perspective than the radical feminists’ position‚ which has both emotion and political centering in its logical expressions. Their focus is on widespread cultural awakening rather than a scholarly debate. Liberal feminists believe that there has been an improvement in the position

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    J. Pascoe’s Dude You’re A Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School focuses on how high school boys prove their masculinity to one another. The book explains the inequalities that are created when boys prove their masculinity through dominating behaviors. In Pascoe’s book‚ she focuses on how boys defend their heterosexual masculinity by using the “fag epithet.” She argues that by insulting people’s feminine behaviors‚ they are able to strengthen their masculinity. She focuses on how white boys

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    CRIME AND DEVIANCE (SCLY 4) The social distribution of crime and deviance by age‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ locality and social class‚ including recent patterns and trends in crime Assess sociological explanations of gender differences in crime (21 marks) Statistical evidence clearly suggests that women are less likely to commit crime than their male counterparts. For example in 2010‚ 85% of men were sentenced for indictable offences in comparison to only 5% of females. Men are also more likely

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