Internalisation of power- an essay on cultural ideals of femininity, internalisation of gender power relations and the effect this has on woman's sense of self.

INTERNALISATION OF POWER How have women (and/or) men internalised the power relations established in the gender order (the male as the one, the female as the other) and cultural ideals of femininity? The structure of power relations of the gender order is based on assumptions of what is is to be male and female. This arrangement divides humanity in to separate classes according to gender by attributing certain physical and psychological characteristics to each …

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