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).

1. Abilities in math (Wade & Ferree, Ch. 3) and mental rotation (Hoffman et al.).
2. 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)
3. 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