Directions:
- Answer the essay question below based on your understanding of the assigned reading. Your response must reflect learning directly from the assigned reading to earn any credit.
- Your essay should be a minimum of 750 words, which is is about 3 pages double-spaced.
- This is a formal writing assignment. Revise and proofread your work before you submit it.
- Write in paragraphs, making one key point per paragraph. Do not submit run-on, stream-of-consciousness responses. I will deduct points for responses that ramble on in this way without organization and clarity of argumentation.
- Avoid quoting the text extensively and instead put everything into your own words.
- Don’t use AI to generate your writing or you will lose some to all of the points for the assignment. Use your own mind instead.
- Ignoring the length and structure requirements is the easiest way to lose points.
Reading: Connell 2007 “Hegemonic masculinity” (short excerpt) and Solnit 2013 “The Longest War”
Question
How does Connell’s conceptualization of hegemonic masculinity help to explain the pervasive male violence against women described in the essay by Solnit?
Be sure to explain hegemonic masculinity drawing on specific examples from the Connell excerpt (make clear that you read it) and be sure to include 3-4 statistics from the Solnit essay. You may not cite data from other sources and earn credit for that on this assignment.