Theory

Malinowski


Functionalism

How the individual parts of society function together to create one functioning mechanism


Hegemonic Masculinity

The patterns of behaviors/expectations that allow for men's dominance over women

Focuses on what is believed to be the "best way" to be a man; it forces others to position themselves in relation to this idea

Connell

Mead


Symbolic Interactionism

How people interact with one another through behaviors and actions and what those actions symbolize