Hegemony is obedience that is self-ascribed by a population. It is the willful following, subjugation or domination without resistance. The population views a certain way of acting as the standard and proceeds to engage in such acts without force or coercion against them. An example is religion, where a new devote follower changes the ways they act to be in accordance to the religions standards. This may include increased charity donations, to abstinence from sex or alcohol, to a change in cloths to match a uniform. By willfully changing these aspects of their lives to match that of the dominant culture is called hegemony. This applies to what I have learned in the class because Hegemony is present in everyone’s life, from migrants to citizens.
