As Susan Griffin wrote the article Rape: The All-American Crime, “ […] in our culture male eroticism is wedded to power. No only should a man be taller and stronger than a female in the perfect love match, but he must also demonstrate superior strength in gestures of dominance which are perceived as amorous.” (Griffin 515) A deep societal desire to be superior can be seen even more in sports, where male superiority is expected, and men who aren’t “beating” their female counterparts feel embarrassed and emasculated. I have personally known men who will lift more weight than they actually can if they feel the weight a woman is lifting is close to
As Susan Griffin wrote the article Rape: The All-American Crime, “ […] in our culture male eroticism is wedded to power. No only should a man be taller and stronger than a female in the perfect love match, but he must also demonstrate superior strength in gestures of dominance which are perceived as amorous.” (Griffin 515) A deep societal desire to be superior can be seen even more in sports, where male superiority is expected, and men who aren’t “beating” their female counterparts feel embarrassed and emasculated. I have personally known men who will lift more weight than they actually can if they feel the weight a woman is lifting is close to