Coğrafyaya Erkeklik Kavramının Yerleşmesi ve Hegemonik Erkekliğe Yaklaşımlar

Abstract

This study explains the establishment of the concept of masculinity in the discipline of geography and how hegemonic masculinity is formed in places and places. Since masculinity is an interdisciplinary subject, the works of sociologists and feminist social and cultural geographers were used. It consists of sections on geography and hegemonic masculinity, organizing hegemonic masculinity, radical feminism and masculinity, place, patriarchy and heteronormativity, Spaces have become central to the production of gendered and sexualized bodies. The closet in spaces has become a place where gender and sexuality performances take place. In closet spaces that are connected to each other, masculinity is constructed relationally, thus patriarchy and heteronormativity are reproduced. This situation caused the oppression of homosexual men and women in the closet and the subordination of women. For social change, homosexual rights must be guaranteed and the discipline of geography, which is often heterosexist, must change. The aim of this study is to contribute to the discussion of these issues in geography studies in Turkey, to compile the literature and to create an environment for these concepts to be established, especially in Turkish.

Keywords

• geography
• gender
• patriarchy
• heteronormativity
• hegemonic masculinity