Patriarchal dominance as a structural issue
What Is Patriarchy according to Allan G. Johnson's "Patriarchy, The System?"
"It's about social life and how it's supposed to be; about what is expected of people and how they feel about it. It's about standards of feline beauty and masculine toughness."
Who coined the term intersectionality?
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
What is masculinity according to C.J. Pascoe?
"Multiplicity of gender practices (regardless of their content) enacted by men whose bodies are assumed to be biologically male."
What is white privilege according to Peggy McIntosh?
"White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, assurances, tools, maps, guides, codebooks, passports, visas, clothes, compass, emergency gear, and blank checks." It is an invisible advantage for white people.
According to Peggy Mcintosh what is a "positive "privilege"" she has noticed in her life?
The sense of belonging,
Who Control Patriarchy in society/how is it present?
"We are not patriarchy," as indvdiuasl of system, everyone partipcates in Patriarchy as social construct. It can exist without "men having oppressive personalities" or trying the defend male privilege
What is intersectionality according to the the Legal Defense Fund?
"a concept that enables us to recognize the fact that perceived group membership can make people vulnerable to various forms of bias, yet because we are simultaneously members of many groups, our complex identities can shape the specific way we each experience that bias."
What does adolescent masculinity look like?
"a form of dominance usually expressed through sexualized discourses."
What is male privilege?
"Male privilege refers to the sociological concept that men are automatically granted certain privileges and advantages in politics, society, and the workplace based entirely on their gender. " (GreenHaven Publishing)
How can accepting our privilege allow for change
It can allow us to use our voice and platform as a way to be bring recognization and change to minorities
- any answer that involves an improvement in social is accepted
Where does patriarchal culture dominate society according to Johnson?
"From the expression of emotion to economics to the natural environment" patriarchal culture dominates and controls every part of society, both men and women.
How does your different intersectional identities give you power or oppression?
This with a majority identity, of example, being white, male and heterosexual exhibit more power than those of the opposite and in between.
How does masculinity develop?
Institutions like family, religion, school. and more influence how a child. specifically men become masculine. "boys are forced by families, peer groups, schools, and the media to hide their “true” emotions and develop a hard emotional shell that is what we know as masculinity."
Example of white privilege according to to Peggy Mcintosh
Any of the 46 options listed by Peggy
Ex: #41: "I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help, my race will not work against me."
Why is it important to recognize ones privilege
"it’s easier to work together with folks who share our privileges and those who don’t to create a better, more equal, world." (Global Citizen)
Any answer discussing the idea that acceptance allows for accountability and progression is accepted.
Example of patriarchal dominance as a structural issue according to Johnson?
- "Women in lower level pink color jobs, family divisions of labor that exempt fathers from domestic work when both parents work outside home", and more.
Example of a time where intersectional identities led to oppression?
Degraffenreid v. General Motors
- From "A Primer On Intersectionality"
Primary institution for identity formation?
Schools are "important sites for the construction of race, class, and gender inequalities as well as pivotal locations of social change in challenging these inequalities"
What are the extents of white privilege
According to "UNDERSTANDING WHITE PRIVILEGE" by Francis E. Kendall, "gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical ability, size and weight, and so on."
(Any of these are accepted)
How can someone exhibit power, privilege, and oppression at the same time
Intersectional identities: depending on your age, race, religion, ethnicity, etc, one can gain privilege or oppressions.
How does patriarchal dominance as a social structure effect men according to Johnson?
men "compete to struggle to gain stouts, maintain control, and protect themselves from what other men might do"
According to Audre Lorde in “There is no hierarchy of oppressions,” what is the cause for discrimination no matter the oppression?
The struggle of power, "no aspect of one’s identity can benefit from injustice done to another aspect of it."
What are the 4 levels of Masculinity Model according to Pascoe and what are they?
Hegemonic masculinity: top of masculinity hierarchy. Outright supportive of gender inequality
Complicit masculinity: men who benefit from hegemonic masculinity but do not enact it.
Subordinated masculinity: men who are oppressed by definition of hegemonic masculinity, themselves (primarily gay men)
Marginalized masculinity: men who are positioned powerfully in terms of gender, but
Examples of male privilege?
Any example is accepted if it relies on men gaining an advantage depending on their gender.
Ex: not having to worry about if you will be hired or not based go gender.
How should we recognize our privileges and oppressions
think and list of areas of your intersectional identity in where you may gain an advantage or disadvantage depending on your group