Final exam question #5

Ideology is the science of ideas, or in other words, common sense, while hegemony is the sustaining of the ideology. In the Urinal Flash game, the ideology is the idea that a man needs to find a urinal that creates the least awkward situation. One does not want to stand right next to a person, creating enough personal space, while also making a point to look directly ahead. Hegemony is reified in the game because it shows the pattern of always making the decision to find the least awkward situation and urinal. The last hypothetical situation in the game, the correct decision is to leave the bathroom and wait until there is an available urinal that will not create an awkward encounter. This proves that the ideology and hegemony will not be broken.