I need help writing a paper on Gender Power
Need help with my Social Science question – I’m studying for my class.
PROMPT:
Your essay should use the readings specified at the end of the prompt to make the following argument (steps a, b, c) about gender and power:
a. Generally, to do hegemonic masculinity is to do domination. “To be seen as less masculine, is to be seen as less powerful, even feminine” (Wade & Ferree, p. 131).
b. Generally, “to do femininity is to do deference, and to do deference is to do femininity” (Wade & Ferree, p. 171).
c. Further, these gender expectations are generally hegemonic: they are widely taken-for-granted among those who benefit from them and those who do not (Wade & Ferree, p. 137-8).
As your evidence for all parts of this argument, chose two of the following three areas with the specified readings. Use the readings as evidence in a detailed, specific manner. You are responsible for all relevant sections in the specified course readings (not just the lecture summary).
- Abilities in math (Wade & Ferree, Ch. 3) and mental rotation (Hoffman et al.).
- School relationships. Within this area, chose either the construction of brilliance in middle school (Musto) or the construction of heterosexual masculinity in high school (Pascoe)
- College hookups and relationships (Armstrong, Hamilton, and Fogarty; see also Wade & Ferree Ch. 10).
Your essay must indicate that you understand the argument (a, b & c) and that you understand the course readings and can use them as evidence for the argument.
I will provide the reading pages
