Duration: 3:27 minutes
The second part of the podcast on Gender Role theory looks at newer developments in the theory and how these can be applied to an understanding of historical and cross-cultural gender differences in crime and deviance.
The podcast ends with the provocative question of whether, in late / post modern society, you no longer need to be male to be masculine…
Key concepts covered in this podcast:
- Dualist approach
- Social change
- Masculinities
- Femininities
- Types of masculinities
- Sewell (black Afro-Caribbean masculinity)
- Control theory
- Messerschmidt (normative masculinity)
- Strain theory
- Power
- Status
- Legitimate and illegitimate means
- Gendering the criminal
- Comparative study
- Traditional subordinate female roles
- Miller (masculinist enterprises)
Crime and Deviance
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