Kaufman
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Embedded ideologies of masculinity has always confined males to having to be the dominate and active aggressors in patriarchal society. The idea of dominance and power has for centuries oppressed the passive woman, and has developed a stigma that males are supposed to be greater stronger beings in comparison to females, however what may seem as power and dominance that oppresses really is oppression in itself (Kaufman. Pg97 1987). Since sex has always divided the social ideals of gender and behaviors, it can only be seen obvious that men too are oppressed from showing signs of "feminine" passive qualities. Particularly male oppression through gender stereotypes can be seen through men's violence, which Kaufman describes as a "denial of social powerlessness" (Kaufman. Pg97 1987). The need for men to exert their masculinity through violence and aggression is a way for them to deny any relation to the weaker powerless feminine role. Men's traids of aggression whether towards women, other men, or towards oneself is related to the concept that men are emotionally oppressed since they are brought up to obey to ideologies of masculinity and gender roles, which refuses them to be passive and or less then powerful (Kaufman. Pg98.1987)...