Connell:Hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity It is the global subordination of women to men that provides an essential basis for differentiation.One form is defined around compliance with this subordination and is oriented to accommodating the interests and desires of men.I will call this 'emphasized femininity'.Others are defined centrally by strategies of resistance or forms of non- compliance (1987:183). 上海通大学 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITYConnell: Hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity • It is the global subordination of women to men that provides an essential basis for differentiation. One form is defined around compliance with this subordination and is oriented to accommodating the interests and desires of men. I will call this 'emphasized femininity'. Others are defined centrally by strategies of resistance or forms of non- compliance (1987: 183)