SOC102H1 Chapter 9: Gender Relations
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What you see and how you see is framed by social norms, institutions, culturally defined roles, and dominant ideologies a. k. a social construction of gender. On the other hand, if you were a woman standing in front of this metaphoric mirror, there is a good chance that you will see yourself as a gendered person. If you are a black woman, you may see yourself as a racialized and gendered person. If you are a black, working-class woman, you may see yourself as a racialized, In these three cases, the characters reflected in the metaphoric mirror are (cid:498)seen(cid:499) because they stand out as marginal to the norm not male, not white, not. People live their lives in particular historical and social contexts, and these contexts have classed, and gendered person middle-class laws, rules, conventions, and expectations that set out opportunities and obstacles. Gender is not just how you feel about yourself and your own possibilities.
