Exam 8: Doing Gender

The pattern of masculinity that is given the highest social status and used as the basis for judging all men is known as _____________ masculinity.

While people who do not fit into normative expectations may be stigmatized by some, their disruption also creates a space to reconsider taken-for-granted patterns. With this in mind, develop an essay that explores how the disruption of gender status expectations can challenge the legitimacy of normativity, focusing upon a particular case, figure or example.

Based on his research on young men in gym classes in western Canada, Kevin Davidson (2000) concludes that the pressure to conform to a hegemonic ideal is both an integral part of physical education class and something that is _________________ for many young men.

When we are performing for others and orienting our performance to how we want others to see us, we are engaged in _________.

A significant body of research today suggests that friendships between among men are ___________, compared to friendships among women.

In their study of Nova Scotia nurses, Evans and Blye (2003) found that men experienced ___________ in their gender status in the nursing profession.

This theory maintains that society attributes statuses to individuals in a very hierarchical manner.

The term that Canadian scholar Holly Devor (1989) uses to describe women who present themselves in way that do not invoke 'feminine' insignia and who, consequently, are routinely mistaken for men.