Gender Roles

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Waldner. Sexual politics in intimate relationships: sexual coercion and harassment. (p. 49-56)

The author seeks to define sexual coercion, stating what is and not considered harassment and with the majority of discussions mainly about men as aggressors and women as victims when it comes to the issue of assault. She defines sexual coercion as whenever one partner (mainly men) forces the other to engage in any sexual behavior.

The author explains how rape is generally thought of being on the extreme but technically rape and sexually coercion are the same and can be a good perspective to take when understanding harassment. The article concludes to how men are in control in terms of sexual acts, therefore yet again, questioning gender roles in terms of dominance.

Ingraham. One is not born a bride: How weddings regulate heterosexuality. P.303-307

The author assesses what she calls the political regime of heterosexuality and its requisite categories of man and woman. For the political regime of heterosexuality, she argues that all the meanings attached to the category of woman would not exist were it is not necessary. She also talks about how heterosexuality has become institutionalized, naturalized, and normalized. Women vision themselves to be on a heterosexual womanhood path, which is becoming a bride to a man, but how did manufactured and constructed social practice become naturalized the author said.

More specifically, it addresses the theoretical question of the affiliations among dimensions of gender.

The article provides a rich family ritual context, which involves the relation between ideology and gender roles. It shows women are subject to be being brides to men.

This article vividly shows gender role in terms of marriage, in which the woman is a bride to the man and the man is a groom to the woman.