SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Erving Goffman, The Beauty Myth, Femininity
1 Mar 2016
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1950s - women"s social roles were those of wives and mothers. In contrast men were providers and the head of the household. The belief women should marry and work exclusively in the home was eroding. Men were becoming more involved in household maintenance and childrearing and more women were joining paid labour force. Women and men more likely to share domestic responsibilities and both likely to do paid labour. A changed world does not mean an equal world. The simultaneous influence of multiple social relations, including race, gender, ethnicity and class. Gender and race, ethnicity, class, sexuality all work in shaping social outcomes. For example: racially marginalized women are exposed to greater dangers in the workforce as a result of their marginalization in low-paying, insecure jobs. Gender refers to the social meanings associated with being a man or a woman, Sex refers to the biological characteristics of men and women. For sociologists, gendered social meanings are constructed from social relations.
