Presentation- terminology

1)Concerted cultivation: Annette Lareau describes it as a form of upbringing of children that exists in middle to professional classes. Parents feel a sense of obligation to provide myriad of opportunities of extracurricular activities, tutors, lessons, and etc. to their children, and they also feel obliged to contribute volunteer time for their children’s youth sports as team parents, coaches, league officials, or referees. The parents strive to reward their children with self motivation through internalization of rules, sense of entitlement, class privilege, and knowledge that will facilitate the children’s ability to steer around their path in social institutions. i.e. all families mentioned in Messner’s book embody this term

2)Hegemonic masculinity: Within the context of soft essentialism, it is the predominant form of masculinity that is favored and honored by the society. Messner directly correlates the term to CEO coach in his book, by describing them as the emergent form of masculinity in sports who exercise controlled, competent, and effective style of coaching in South Pasadena, CA. The professional class based hegemonic masculinity of CEO coach is produced and affirmed only among a small group of men within the social context of youth sports, families, and professional-class workplaces.