SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Rhinoplasty, Hidden Curriculum, Plastic Surgery

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Dr. Lina Samuel

Document Summary

Gender, class and race all function as mechanisms for producing social inequality. Racialized women are one of the most disadvantaged groups. Minority women must confront racism, ethnocentrism, classism and sexism. How social relations, race, class, sexual orientation, age all work together. Ideal of masculinity that men are supposed to achieve. Based on women"s compliance with their subordination to men. Requires women to be supportive enthusiastic + sexually attractive. Parents spend more time talking to girls while leaving boys alone. How we present our bodies, efforts to shape them, how we interpret others" bodies are all accomplished socially. Television shows/networks directed at helping individuals achieve beauty ideals. Hidden curriculum: girls learn they are not important as boys. Teachers interact with boys more than girls in classroom. Praise girls for being congenial and neat, boys praised for intellectual quality. Impacts choices of girls and women made leaving high school.