Video Analysis: Hegemonic Masculinity And Violence

What I learned from the video is society is avoiding blaming men for contributing to the violence we have today. With all the statistics that men are committing the violence, it is not made a gender problem. Society look towards mental health issues, family problems, bullying, and violent movies and video games as the reason violent acts are committed. I also learned the idea of manhood plays a huge role in the violence men commit. The idea of manhood has been around for many years and has been carried on through many generations, as it is taught to young boys.
I found it very upsetting that it is no problem to bring woman into the equation of violence but men are completely left out. When girls are increasingly taking part in violent acts …show more content…
Hegemonic Masculinity is one of them, it is this idea that there are certain ways a man should act to be considered a man. In the video they explained it as a box, inside the box were things must not do in order to be seen as man. If they were to step out of that box they would be seen as weak, gay, soft and feminine. I think this a key term that needs to be understood because it central to why man resort to violence. It was found that one of the main reason men in prison committed violence was they felted shamed, humiliated, and disrespected as a man. Another term that needs to be understood is Normalization of Violence against Women. Violence against women is normalized by saying men are more violent than women, and it’s a natural phenomenon or in their DNA. When it is not in their DNA it is a taught behavior, no one is born a serial killer. Misogyny is also crucial to understand as it is defined as fear of women or hatred of women. Misogyny now a popularly seen in the porn industry using anger and aggression toward women as something people find pleasure in watching.
I think some may be resistant to Jackson Katz’s idea of a it being reflection process we all need to partake in to reduce and end gender base violence because no one wants take in that kind of responsibility. It similar to no one wanting to stand up to the bully because they don’t want to be bullied so, they hope the victim will solve the problem. I also think people are resistant to his ideas because they are afraid of what a man will be if they are stripped of their manhood. The fear of what happens when men show feelings and are not aggressive will result in no differences between men and