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Emily Martin: The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles

jyan063 — 2024-05-17 00:14:13 UTC

"It is remarkable how 'femininely' the egg behaves and how 'masculinely' the sperm. The egg is seen as large and passive" (Martin).

[PT1] Raewyn Connell: The Social Organization of Masculinity

jyan063 — 2024-05-17 00:30:55 UTC

"Most episodes of major violence... are transactions among men" (Connell).

[PT2] Raewyn Connell: The Social Organization of Masculinity

jyan063 — 2024-05-17 06:12:41 UTC

"The objectification of women provides a base on which male superiority is maintained (Johnson 1988), whereas identification with women (and what it means to be female) helps remove the symbolic distance that enables men to depersonalize the oppression of women" (Connell).

[PT1] Athena Nguyen: Patriarchy, Power, and Female Masculinity

jyan063 — 2024-05-17 06:39:18 UTC

"use of space by butch lesbians is often interpreted as being unladylike, masculine, or even aggressive" (Nguyen).

[PT2] Athena Nguyen: Patriarchy, Power, and Female Masculinity

jyan063 — 2024-05-17 06:40:08 UTC

"butch self-presentation does not simply consist of women wearing wearing men's clothing but involves the production of difference at the level of the material body itself, whether that be in muscle tissue" (Nguyen).