Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance
Polyamory, Gender, And Sexuality, Brooklyn Jennings
Polyamory, Gender, And Sexuality, Brooklyn Jennings
Sociology Student Work Collection
A newsletter style analysis of the contemporary mechanisms of polyamory in the U.S. This project briefly discusses polyamory in relation to gender and sexuality, relates larger systems of power to the functions of polyamory, questions the taboos of polyamory, and briefly addresses some of the limitations of academic research regarding polyamory.
Masculinity: Understanding Authority Across Institutional Settings As Social Control, Andre Martin
Masculinity: Understanding Authority Across Institutional Settings As Social Control, Andre Martin
Global Honors Theses
Masculinity is observed here as it relates to authority, and as it functions within discourse surrounding the American penal and health care institutions. Understandings of race and gender are dictated by beliefs that masculinity can be “achieved,” or functions as a value within society. This piece works to stress that masculinity is instead a worldview, which assists in the distinguishing and perpetuation of dichotomy tied to plays of superiority and inferiority. It is for this reason, when recognizing masculinity within a capitalist global context, abolition becomes a necessary approach, when attempting to confront masculinized authority and institutions.