SOC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Intersex, Femininity, Masculinity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Transgender: range of people who do not it into normaive construcions of sex/gender. Transsexual: person who has undergone sex reassignment, could include surgery. Hegemonic masculinity: normaive ideal of dominant masculinity: associated with traits like aggression, control, drive, strength, also associate with white, middle class and being heterosexual. Emphasized femininity: normaive ideal of feminity, and subordinaion to men: associated with supporiveness, enthusiasm, and sexual atraciveness. Conlict theory: how gender afects ones control of, and access to, resources. Symbolic interacionism: interesing in the meaning of male/female and of masculinity/femininity, gender is created through social interacion and role-taking, kids learn though family, peers, school and mass media. Feminist theory: gender is socially constructed and has many consequences, theorists here examine how insituionalized and internalized gender norms can limit a women s behaviours and opportuniies.