We examine how two sociological traditions account for the role of femininities in social domination. The masculinities tradition theorizes gender as an independent structure of domination; consequently, femininities that complement hegemonic masculinities are treated as passively compliant in the reproduction of gender. In contrast, Patricia Hill Collins views cultural ideals of hegemonic femininity as simultaneously raced, classed, and gendered. This intersectional perspective allows us to recognize women striving to approximate hegemonic cultural ideals of femininity as actively complicit in reproducing a matrix of domination. We argue that hegemonic femininities reference a powerful location in the matrix from which some women draw considerable individual benefits (i.e., a femininity premium) while shoring up collective benefits along other dimensions of advantage. In the process, they engage in intersectional domination of other women and even some men. Our analysis re-enforces the utility of analyzing femininities and masculinities from within an intersectional feminist framework.

中文翻译：

---

霸权女性气质和交叉支配

我们研究了两种社会学传统如何解释女性在社会统治中的作用。男性气概传统将性别理论作为独立的统治结构。因此，与霸权男性气质互补的女性气质在性别再生产中被视为被动适应。相反，帕特里夏·希尔·柯林斯（Patricia Hill Collins）将种族霸权女性化的文化理想视为种族，阶级和性别的同时体现。这种相交的观点使我们认识到，努力近似女性的霸权文化理想的妇女正积极地同化统治矩阵。我们认为，霸权女性气质是女性在矩阵中的重要位置，某些女性从中受益匪浅（例如，女人味溢价），同时在其他优势维度上支撑集体利益。在此过程中，他们参与了其他女性甚至某些男性的交叉统治。我们的分析加强了在交叉女性主义框架内分析女性气质和男性气质的实用性。