Gender terms are contested because the right to account for gender is claimed by conflicting discourses and systems of knowledge. We can see this in … - Raewyn Connell

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Gender terms are contested because the right to account for gender is claimed by conflicting discourses and systems of knowledge. We can see this in everyday situations as well as in high theory.

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About Raewyn Connell

Raewyn W. (R.W.) Connell (born 3 January 1944) is an Australian sociologist, and Professor Emeritus at the and known for the concept of hegemonic masculinity and southern theory. The prime focus of her research is through gender studies, masculinity studies, and transgender studies.

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Alternative Names: Robert Connell R. W. Connell

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In gender terms, fascism was a naked reassertion of male supremacy in societies that had been moving towards equality for women. To accomplish this, fascism promoted new images of hegemonic masculinity, glorifying irrationality (the 'triumph of the will', thinking with 'the blood') and the unrestrained violence of the frontline soldier. Its dynamics soon led to a new and even more devastating global war.

Hegemonic masculinity can be defined as the configuration of gender practice which embodies the currently accepted answer to the problem of the legitimacy of patriarchy, which guarantees (or is taken to guarantee) the dominant position of men and the subordination of women.

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