SOCIOL 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Law Of Excluded Middle, Invisibility, Social Inequality
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Key concepts: social construction of gender categories based on biological sex, sexual division of labour whereby speci c tasks are allocated on the basis of sex, social regulation of sexual. When men are studied for their professional, eg. being recognized as a scientist, not looking at their gender. Interplanetary theory: gender difference leads to gender inequality. Other social categories in uence our access to good resources/ jobs etc. Men almost always hold more resources and power than women. Binary thinking leads to law of the excluded middle . Not true all males and no females are aggressive. Differences among gender greater than between genders. Invisibility of gender identity same as institutional gender neutrality serving to maintain gender politics of institutions. Role refers to the expected behaviour of a person occupying a particular status or position: role refers to expected behaviour based on ones status or position, within a status, norms are shared rules guiding behaviour.
