Patriarchy is defined as a system of society and government in which males have the majority of the power and women are excluded. Society is organized in a way which makes patriarchy a societal norm in which males control women and their, “Supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal dependence of wives and children,” (Merriam Webster). Man are able to act in a derogatory manner towards women, where sexual harassment has become a normative action and had been regarded to as harmless flirting, where females are often blamed for the unwelcomed attention. In Beth A. Quinn’s article, Sexual Harassment and Masculinity, the author discusses the notion of girl watching and how it has become an accepted norm and is utilized to produce masculinity.
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531) however Quinn states that, “Patriarchal norms create a sexually aggressive belief system…[that] can lead to the propensity to misperceive,” (Quinn, 2014, pg. 531). Girl watching has been utilized by men to create a male bond, when men are able to solidify their masculinity and their heterosexuality by objectifying women as sexual objects and not showing any sympathy towards them. Men are unable to place themselves in the female perspective to fully understand the secondary effects of being sexually harassed – where women are constantly being belittled by their male counterpart. In the article, the author is studying whether people determine certain actions or certain behaviors as sexual harassment. Quinn found that men are more likely to be blamed for sexual harassment and less likely to empathize with female victims where men, “hold predatory ideas about sexuality, are less likely to see behaviors as harassing,” (Quinn, 2014, pg. 531), where gender determines how one interprets …show more content…
Women are expected to work in jobs in which the women occupy the nurturing role such as being a nurse, teacher or other mothering base careers that are often regarded as feminine. The glass elevator theory deals with men being able to progress in female occupations quicker than women in which they have, “Advantages in the workplace …men are numerical minorities they are likely to enjoy higher wages and faster promotions,” (Wingfield, 2014, pg. 355). Women on the other hand need to distance themselves from their femininity and have to woke twice as hard to get the same recognition as their male counterpart. Men on the other hand have more opportunities to advance in a predominately female occupation, where they are located at the top of the occupational hierarchy that is based on, “Attitudes and beliefs men being to these professions as well as the types of interactions that often occur between these men and their colleagues,” (Wingfield, 2014, pg. 356). The occupational elevator enables men to advance at a much quicker pace than women because it is always assumed that men are more capable than women as well as more intelligent which reinforces gender inequality in our society. Women are unable to form a congenial relationship with their supervisors and are often
531) however Quinn states that, “Patriarchal norms create a sexually aggressive belief system…[that] can lead to the propensity to misperceive,” (Quinn, 2014, pg. 531). Girl watching has been utilized by men to create a male bond, when men are able to solidify their masculinity and their heterosexuality by objectifying women as sexual objects and not showing any sympathy towards them. Men are unable to place themselves in the female perspective to fully understand the secondary effects of being sexually harassed – where women are constantly being belittled by their male counterpart. In the article, the author is studying whether people determine certain actions or certain behaviors as sexual harassment. Quinn found that men are more likely to be blamed for sexual harassment and less likely to empathize with female victims where men, “hold predatory ideas about sexuality, are less likely to see behaviors as harassing,” (Quinn, 2014, pg. 531), where gender determines how one interprets …show more content…
Women are expected to work in jobs in which the women occupy the nurturing role such as being a nurse, teacher or other mothering base careers that are often regarded as feminine. The glass elevator theory deals with men being able to progress in female occupations quicker than women in which they have, “Advantages in the workplace …men are numerical minorities they are likely to enjoy higher wages and faster promotions,” (Wingfield, 2014, pg. 355). Women on the other hand need to distance themselves from their femininity and have to woke twice as hard to get the same recognition as their male counterpart. Men on the other hand have more opportunities to advance in a predominately female occupation, where they are located at the top of the occupational hierarchy that is based on, “Attitudes and beliefs men being to these professions as well as the types of interactions that often occur between these men and their colleagues,” (Wingfield, 2014, pg. 356). The occupational elevator enables men to advance at a much quicker pace than women because it is always assumed that men are more capable than women as well as more intelligent which reinforces gender inequality in our society. Women are unable to form a congenial relationship with their supervisors and are often