From Masculinities by R. W. Connell
The author puts forward a theoretically-based "social constructionist" account of gender. This account is predicated on understanding gender relationally and culturally, and is intimately tied into the structure of violence and domination creating "social practices" that define the parameters and substance of gender categories.
-Gender cannot be understood apart from the dynamics of hegemony in society.

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The author's account of gender is based on understanding it relationally and culturally, and is tied to the structure of violence and domination, which creates social practices defining gender categories. Therefore, gender cannot be understood apart from the dynamics of hegemony in society.