SOC100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Glass Ceiling, Heterosexism, Heterosexuality
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Biological characteristics that define a person as male or female. Social expectations of behaviour and appearance that we identify with being masculine or feminine. The idea that the social world consists of a number of shared understandings -- about what it means to be male or female, rich or poor -- that humans have reached and reinforced over time. Perceived superiority of one sex (most often men) over the other (usually women) Social or political system in which men hold power and women are largely excluded from it. Idea that certain social factors, such as gender, are socially constructed and then acted out using words and behaviours that have come to be associated with what it means to be male or female. Expectation that women will feel or behave differently from men in sexual matters. Belief in moral superiority of heterosexual institutions and practices.
