Masculinity & Hegemony

In my opinion masculinity and femininity are rooted in one’s gender rather than one’s sex. But generally males define themselves as masculine and females define themselves as feminine. Furthermore, there is a close relationship between masculinity and hegemony. Men are always shown strong and independence through different ways and due to this they feel superior to women and try to take everything under their own control. It’s hard to deny the existence of hegemony between male genders, which we don’t really see between females. And I think one of the reasons that men always compete against each other is due to the hegemony among them.