HSCI 1120 Lecture Notes - Gender Role, Acculturation, First Nations
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Sandra bem"s theory about a set of ideas that we associate with males and females. Traditional gender script (tss) for example: men are oversexed , women are undersexed , sex experience enhances a man"s reputation but damages women"s. Socialization: the ways in which society conveys to the individual its norms or expectations for his or her behavior. Children are taught what is appropriate for their gender: nice girls don"t do this. be strong, don"t cry, you are a big boy. Even new media such as video games (grand theft auto) shoes violence against women and reinforces old stereotypes. Gender - role stereotypes vary among various canadian ethnic groups. Acculturation ethnic minority groups are influenced by larger culture: chinese community, south-asian (indo-pakistani) community, english-speaking caribbean communities, first nations communities. More than 976,305 aboriginal people in 2001 census. During the contact with europeans in north america, male dominance increased in this cultural group.
