SOC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Latrodectus, Biological Determinism, Determinism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Rebecca Lock

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Exam: you need to know these three theories. Ideas about sex difference is the ideological basis of gender inequality. Logic: if there is some kind of fixed difference between mend women, and that difference is not negligible, perhaps gender inequality can be justified. The idea that there is a fixed difference is negligible. Show how the biological difference in ideological. Show how the biological difference is not significant so it should not lead to inequality. Show how gender inequality is socially produced. Historically and socially, gender inequality is produced. If we can show a social route, then the biological route is undermined. Show who benefits from maintaining gender inequality. Exam: examples that seem to resonate with each theory superior. Frued: the presence of absence of the penis is crucial for gender development. Affects how you make sense of yourself: a sense of how you are lacking or how you are. Biological determinism: biology determines sex and sex determines gender.