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Karen Horney

1885-1952

Theory of "dread of women" (1932)

Fear of the mother

The Warrior Gene

R.W. Connell

Adult males choose socially inferior women as love objects and undermine women's self-respect in order to bolster their own self esteem

Masculinities (2005)

20th century's three main projects for a science of masculinity:

Pop culture: ideas about sex and love as created by Hollywood, social media, influencers?

1. Clinical knowledge acquired by psychotherapists

2. Social psychology theories of "sex roles"

3. Theories of gender provided by anthropology, history and sociology

GNED 1203

The Science of Masculinity

Man Box Discussion

Sigmund Freud

1856-1939

What are some of the consequences for boys learning to devalue qualities that are said to be feminine but are actually human qualities?

What would it be like for boys to feel free to value and express all emotions, including sadness and fear?

How can we make it safer for all individuals to resist and challenge limiting stereotypes?

Freud's ideas developed in 3 steps:

1. Initial statements of psychoanalytic principles: normal and neurotic mental life, repression of desires, unconscious

2. Adult masculinity was a complex and precarious construction

3. Structure of personality with id, ego, superego

The Man Box

Tony Porter

Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence Discussed

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