Defining Terms

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Terms:


Stereotypically -relating to a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Conforms - comply with rules, standards, or laws. 
"the kitchen does not conform to hygiene regulations"

Subverts - undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).

"an attempt to subvert democratic government"

Objectification - the action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object.

"the objectification of women as sexual possessions"

Sexualisation - Sexualization (or sexualisation) is to make something sexual in character or quality, or to become aware of sexuality, especially in relation to men and women.Sexualization is linked to sexual objectification.

Hegemony - leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.
"Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871"

scopophilia
ˌskɒpə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/
noun
  1. sexual pleasure derived chiefly from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity; voyeurism.

Symbolic annihilation is a term first used by George Gerbner in 1976[1] to describe the absence of representation, or underrepresentation, of some group of people in the media (often based on their race, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, etc.), understood in the social sciences to be a means of maintaining social inequality. This term is usually applied to media criticism in the fields of feminism and queer theory to describe the ways in which the media promotes stereotypes and denies specific identities. Gaye Tuchman (1978) divided the concept of symbolic annihilation into three aspects: omission, trivialisation and condemnation. This multifaceted approach to coverage not only vilifies communities of identity, but work to make members invisible through the explicit lack of representation in all forms of media ranging from film, song, books, news media and visual art.

fet•ish•ize

 (ˈfɛt ɪˌʃaɪz) 

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
to make a fetish of.

challenge

ˈtʃalɪn(d)ʒ/
noun
plural noun: challenges
  1. 1.
    a call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength.

Hegemonic masculinity is defined as a practice that legitimizes men's dominant position in society and justifies the subordination of women, and other marginalized ways of being a man.

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