In one of our class discussions about hegemonic masculinity, we attempted to define a general list of characteristics or behaviors one should have to achieve this ideal. However, there was no consensus on these qualities. Often the qualities we suggest would be the opposite of the qualities associated with women. For example, if we classified emotionality as a characteristic assigned to women, we would assign the characteristic of impassivity to men. This would also occur when we considered what behaviors would be considered masculine. While we assumed that women would do the work inside the home, we assigned men to work outside the home, performing tasks such as yard maintenance or car repairs. Most, if not all, of the qualities and behaviors that we attributed as part of hegemonic masculinity perpetuated the idea of ​​gender inequality. When we hypothesized that those characteristics would be considered aspects of hegemonic masculinity, we limited them to being assigned only to men because if a woman could possess those characteristics, it would not be considered a masculine aspect. This also explains how hegemonic masculinity can perpetuate itself