Re: More feminist anthropology

From: Sean_MacCloud (Sean_MacCloud_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:16:55 GMT

Everything the micro brain jackasses point to was created by their liberal
society. Fact.

offshore eddie wrote:

> "Starting at a very young age boys get the
> message that males are expected to be
> strong, brave, self-reliant, all - knowing,
> emotionless, aggressive and competitive.
> Also very early on boys begin to get the
> message that there are severe consequences
> for breaking the code of conduct. Boys who
> act in any way "unmanly" run the risk of
> being labeled gay and resoundingly rejected
> by their peers."
>

>
> >Not to mention being rejected by *girls*.

Yes left types do make fun of gays, for being gay, when they don't wonk. It is
fascinating to watch.

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This "panel" below is comprised of no talent jackasses, for gentic reasons....

>
> "At the exosystem level, Brown explains,
> comes the powerful influence of peer pressure
> and culture. Unfortunately for many boys, the
> direct benefits of peer approval often far
> outweigh the hypothetical risk of getting
> accused of rape. Likewise the benefits for girls
> of having a boyfriend and being popular with
> their friends outweigh the risk of putting
> themselves in situations where date rape is
> possible. "It's discouraging to see just how
> pervasive traditional sex role attitudes and
> behaviors are with the adolescent girls I work
> with," notes Brown, "despite all the progress
> of the women's movement in this country.
> Teenage girls want so badly to be liked that
> they are willing to put up with tremendous
> abuse."
>
> Another reason is that girls are horny for aggressive, strong boys with
> status and have contempt for shy, weak boys with no status. Probably from
> years of evolutionary hard-wiring. But no scientist dares mention this
> because the "liberals" who dominate academia would drum that scientist out
> of his job.
>
> - (Offshore Eddie, 2004)
>
> *******************************************
>
> Sexual Coercion and Reproductive Health
>
> Chapter 2
> Gender Stereotypes and Sexual Coercion
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> During the panel's third presentation, Steve Brown, a clinical psychologist
> and sex educator who works with troubled youth in the United States, helped
> participants understand how stereotypes about "appropriate" male and female
> sexual behavior operate at the individual level to fuel sexual coercion
> among U.S. adolescents.
>
> Brown introduced a multilevel ecological framework to help explain the many
> interrelated factors that contribute to sexual coercion by adolescent boys
> (see Figure 3). Brown's model organizes psychological and social forces into
> four levels of analysis, each level embedded in and interacting with those
> surrounding it. The innermost level of the framework examines the factors in
> a young person's personal history - such as prior sexual abuse - that might
> contribute to his or her involvement in a sexually coercive situation. The
> second layer, the microsystem, refers to the forces operating in the
> immediate context in which the sexual coercion takes place - such as the
> presence of alcohol or drugs. The third level is the exosystem and refers to
> the formal and informal social structures such as peer pressure - that
> impinge on the individual and his or her circumstance. Finally, the
> macrosystem refers to the larger cultural values, beliefs and power
> structures that foster sexual coercion through their strong influence over
> the forces that operate on the inner three levels.
>
> To illustrate his model, Brown took the case of sexual coercion among dating
> partners ("date rape"), a common and growing problem in the United States.
> Despite the increasing flexibility of gender roles in U.S. society,
> traditional stereotypes - operating at the level of the macrosystem - still
> strongly shape the attitudes and behaviors of U.S. men and women, and are
> often especially rigid among boys and girls. "It is these stereotypes that
> set the stage on which sexual coercion gets played out," Brown argues.
> Starting at a very young age boys get the message that males are expected to
> be strong, brave, self-reliant, all - knowing, emotionless, aggressive and
> competitive. Also very early on boys begin to get the message that there are
> severe consequences for breaking the code of conduct. Boys who act in any
> way "unmanly" run the risk of being labeled gay and resoundingly rejected by
> their peers.
>
> As Brown points out, this male code of conduct includes an extensive array
> of sexual attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that are religiously ascribed to,
> especially by the troubled teens with whom he routinely works. Among the
> common attitudes of boys are:
>
> - It's unacceptable for a male to be a virgin. Boys earn their manhood via
> sexual conquest.
> - Boys don't talk about sex, they just do it.
> - Boys are supposed to be sexual initiators. 'Girls like guys who take
> control when it comes to sex. Girls want sex as much as boys, but they have
> to say."no" to maintain their reputation. Therefore, when a girl says "no,"
> she really means "maybe" or "yes."
> Girls want to be persuaded and are expected to struggle a little bit. Even
> tears are a part of the act.
> - If a guy is persistent and persuasive, the girl will eventually fall into
> his arms and be glad she did.
> - Intercourse is the only real sex.
> - Even if a girl doesn't want to have sex, it's still sex and can't really
> feel that bad.
> - The penis has a mind of it's own. Once aroused, it can't be controlled.
>
> These attitudes are woven into the U.S. cultural fabric: in its advertising,
> books, movies, television - and many are implied if not explicitly stated in
> religious doctrine. To some extent these ideas are part of the socialization
> of all American males. But high-risk teens, most of whom have other negative
> forces impinging on their lives often interpret and act upon these
> stereotypical ideal as fact.
>
> At the exosystem level, Brown explains, comes the powerful influence of peer
> pressure and culture. Unfortunately for many boys, the direct benefits of
> peer approval often far outweigh the hypothetical risk of getting accused of
> rape. Likewise the benefits for girls of having a boyfriend and being
> popular with their friends outweigh the risk of putting themselves in
> situations where date rape is possible. "It's discouraging to see just how
> pervasive traditional sex role attitudes and behaviors are with the
> adolescent girls I work with," notes Brown, "despite all the progress of the
> women's movement in this country. Teenage girls want so badly to be liked
> that they are willing to put up with tremendous abuse."
>
> At the personal level Brown cites such factors as a history of sexual or
> physical abuse, the absence of positive male role models and an almost
> complete lack of information or positive socialization about sexuality or
> healthy male/female relationships. As Brown points out, without realistic
> modeling of what it means to be male, the boys are left only the exaggerated
> models of maleness and sexuality provided by society at large and their male
> peer group.
>
> For girls, the defining personal feature of many who end up in sexually
> coercive relationships is a history of sexual abuse in childhood. Brown
> estimates that in the facilities for troubled teens where he works anywhere
> from 75 to 100 percent of girls have been sexually abused. He notes:
>
> These girls often find themselves in extremely risky sexual situations
> because sex is the only way they know of getting attention, touching and
> intimacy. Sometimes they sexually act out because it gives them a feeling of
> power over men that they've never felt or it proves that they now control
> their own sexuality. Sometimes it is intentionally self-destructive, rooted
> in their negative view of themselves. Sex in which they are submissive and a
> partner's need dominates is often all they know. Many times these girls
> can't tell the difference between touch that is friendly and caring and
> touch that is intended as a come on.
>
> Similar to the boys, the intense neediness of these girls, which is partly
> rooted in their personal abuse histories, makes them significantly more
> vulnerable to gendered stereotypes about sexual behavior. Brown also pointed
> out how cultural stereotypes of acceptable female behavior also play into
> the dynamics of coercive sex. "Both boys and girls learn from a young age
> that good girls are not supposed to admit to wanting sex. The American
> 'sexual script' says that girls have to pretend 'no' even when they mean
> 'yes' ,which gives boys the perfect excuse to ignore 'no'."
>
> Significantly, this double bind appears to fuel the dynamics of rape in
> other cultures as well. The authors of a recent research report on child
> sexual abuse in Zimbabwe make almost the exact same observation:
>
> Women are culturally obliged to say "no" to sex even when they want it and
> men generally see no problem in exercising some force when pressing for sex.
> These attitudes facilitate rape in women of any age. They are especially
> disturbing when considering relationships between older men and young girls,
> since young girls are traditionally bound to obey older men. Therefore, the
> dividing line between agreeing and refusing sex is often unclear which makes
> it more likely the girl will get raped-and carry the blame for it afterwards
> (Meursing, 1993:16).
>
> These examples illustrate the importance of challenging traditional notions
> of acceptable "womanhood" in addition to dominant definitions of
> masculinity. Women must feel free to express their desires openly-both when
> they want sex and when they don't-if the word "no" is going to be taken
> seriously. This is not to say that any "mixed message" justifies force or
> coercion. At the same time, it is important for teenagers and prevention
> programs to recognize that cultural ambivalence toward female sexuality
> helps put young women at risk.

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