SOCIOL 2Q06 Lecture Notes - Oral Stage, Feminist Theory, Eugenics
25 Sep 2013
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Biological, psychological and social psychological theories chapter 2. Activity: if you were born the opposite gender: how would you be different physically and what would the opportunities be: stereotypes of males vs females. Female: xx: more genetic material: x"s affect ability to fight off disease, adapt to environment, etc. , assumption is that the extra x help with life expectancy. Chromosomal sex gonadal sex phenotypic sex. Hormones and development of male reproductive system. External genital sex after 7 weeks gestation. All fetuses are female until they are male. Assumption that the male brain is bigger (different parts of the brain and/or whole better developed than women"s) = hasn"t been proved. Left brain: logical rational, thinking, etc. , (men predominate) Mri"s can test whether its left or right brain that"s working (difference between male and females) Some people argue that there is a link between brain and behavior.
