Connection Between Masculine Hegemony And Gender Myths

To explain the connection between masculine hegemony and gender myths I will be referencing to Walklate chapters five and six. The gender myth that still exists is that men are the leaders and smart were women are not rational or logical. For example, the myth that men are leaders connects with chapter five were they stated that policing is a male dominated organization. The criminal justices segregates men and women with vertically segregation describes as,” higher one moves up the organization the less women are found”. Also, with horizontally segregation described as, “certain tasks are seen to be female and others seen as male (Walklate: 147). Policing is perceived as masculine job and that why they don’t hire many females and/or promote