SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Queer Theory, Pansexuality, Heterosexism
4 Apr 2014
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Sex: biological understanding and dichotomous categories; focus on physiological differences. Gender: social understanding and categories; focus on the social meanings attached to being male or females; how gender socialization constructs masculinity and femininity. Gender is sense of being male or female and playing masculine and feminine roles. Gender identities: sense of belonging to a particular sex (biological, psychological, social) Gender roles: how gender members are supposed to behave. Self-esteem varies by gender and structural advantage. Self-esteem is how you feel about yourself (satisfied, dissatisfied) Gender is an important predictor of self-esteem. Females tend to have lower self-esteems than males. Self-esteem is related to structural advantage /disadvantage. Females, lower socio-economic groups and older people experience structural advantage -> lower self esteem. Individuals who depart from normative roles about being men or women. Some transgendered are transsexual who want to change their gender by changing their appearance including gender reassignment theory. Combine between female and male gender roles.
