Men and Women, Masculinity and Femininity (Part 2) To fully understand hegemonic masculinity, I think we have to understand its counterpart – “emphasized femininity” because it normalizes inequality among women and makes female compliance of male’s desire and interest as a natural product grown in women. In my opinion, Emphasized femininity as a way to shape and construct women’s behaviors and thoughts, and as a tool to solidifies the ideas of hegemonic masculinity and unequal social statuses between men and women. We can find numerous examples of emphasized femininity in the movie industry. “The Avengers (2012)”, for example, is a prime example of displaying emphasized femininity. In this movie, there are six main superheroes: Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye. However, there is only one female superhero, which is Black Widow played by Scarlett Johansson. It is worth mentioning that Black Widow is the only one who does not possess any kind of superpowers or any kind of fancy or deadly weapons like other male heroes. In other words, she is just a special agent with a common handgun. Though hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity vary from culture to culture, place to place, and change over time, the basic ideas and structures of gender differences and inequality can be found in any society.