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Michael Kaufman's The Construction of Masculinity and the Triad of Men's Violence highlights | Michael Kaufman's ''The Construction of Masculinity and the Triad of Men's Violence'' highlights violence and masculinity. Kaufman calls these secotrs of violence "corners" in the triad that operates in most aspects of social , economic, and poilitial life. Each corners also overlaps and relates to other | ||
corners. Kaufman says, "The first corner cannot be confronted successfully without simultaneously challenging the other two corners of the triad. All this requires is dismantling of the social geeding ground of violence: patriarchal, heterosexist, authoritarian, class societies... And together, we surmise, they will fall" ([[Anti-Sexism Sources | Kaufman]], 31) | corners. Kaufman says, "The first corner cannot be confronted successfully without simultaneously challenging the other two corners of the triad. All this requires is dismantling of the social geeding ground of violence: patriarchal, heterosexist, authoritarian, class societies... And together, we surmise, they will fall" ([[Anti-Sexism Sources | Kaufman]], 31) | ||
The 1st- Violence Against Women | The 1st- '''Violence Against Women'''- From Kaufman we can "understand that this violence is an expression of the fragility of masculinity and its place in the perpetuation of masculinity adn male domination" ([[Anti-Sexism Sources | Kaufman]], 40) | ||
The 2nd- Violence Against Other Men | The 2nd- '''Violence Against Other Men'''- We see fights and put downs between men often in public, sports, and media. Kuafman calls this "a discharge of aggression and histility" but also believes these acts "reinforce the reality that relations between men, whether at the individual or state level, are relations of power" ([[Anti-Sexism Sources | Kaufman]], 42) | ||
The 3rd- Violence Against Yourself | The 3rd- '''Violence Against Yourself'''- Kaufman explains how there is the formatin of a masculine ego which teaches men to keep aggression and other emotions internalized. After this formation men become "pressure cookers" filled with emotions and it is directed towards oneself and also at women and other men. This then transfers masculinity into an object. Kaufman says that "men's preoccupation with genital power and pleasure combines with a desensitzation of the penis...it becomes his tool, his weapon, his thing"([[Anti-Sexism Sources | Kaufman]], 45) | ||
A quote from Emmanuel Reynaud sums it up well, "What he loses in enjoyment he hopes to compensate for in power; but if he gains an undeniable power symbol, what pleasure can he really feel with a weapon between his legs?" | |||
Kaufman states that "the essential question for us is not whether men are predisposed to violence, but what society does with this violence" ([[Anti-Sexism Sources | Kaufman]] | Kaufman states that "the essential question for us is not whether men are predisposed to violence, but what society does with this violence" ([[Anti-Sexism Sources | Kaufman]] | ||
, 32). | , 32). | ||
All quotes taken from PDF file [http://blackboard.dickinson.edu/@@2af17945053e89632c739b3ef523a21d/courses/1/socio226-econ214h-01-sp06/content/_132770_1/kaufman.pdf] | |||
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Anti-Sexism | Feminist Movement | UN Fourth World Conference on Women - Bejing, China | GLBTQ | INCITE | Men's Liberation | Conclusion| Anti-Sexism Sources
Michael Kaufman's The Construction of Masculinity and the Triad of Men's Violence highlights violence and masculinity. Kaufman calls these secotrs of violence "corners" in the triad that operates in most aspects of social , economic, and poilitial life. Each corners also overlaps and relates to other
corners. Kaufman says, "The first corner cannot be confronted successfully without simultaneously challenging the other two corners of the triad. All this requires is dismantling of the social geeding ground of violence: patriarchal, heterosexist, authoritarian, class societies... And together, we surmise, they will fall" ( Kaufman, 31)
The 1st- Violence Against Women- From Kaufman we can "understand that this violence is an expression of the fragility of masculinity and its place in the perpetuation of masculinity adn male domination" ( Kaufman, 40)
The 2nd- Violence Against Other Men- We see fights and put downs between men often in public, sports, and media. Kuafman calls this "a discharge of aggression and histility" but also believes these acts "reinforce the reality that relations between men, whether at the individual or state level, are relations of power" ( Kaufman, 42)
The 3rd- Violence Against Yourself- Kaufman explains how there is the formatin of a masculine ego which teaches men to keep aggression and other emotions internalized. After this formation men become "pressure cookers" filled with emotions and it is directed towards oneself and also at women and other men. This then transfers masculinity into an object. Kaufman says that "men's preoccupation with genital power and pleasure combines with a desensitzation of the penis...it becomes his tool, his weapon, his thing"( Kaufman, 45)
A quote from Emmanuel Reynaud sums it up well, "What he loses in enjoyment he hopes to compensate for in power; but if he gains an undeniable power symbol, what pleasure can he really feel with a weapon between his legs?"
Kaufman states that "the essential question for us is not whether men are predisposed to violence, but what society does with this violence" ( Kaufman , 32).
All quotes taken from PDF file [1]
