SOCIOL 2Q06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kinsey Scale, Determinism, Social Constructionism
22 Sep 2015
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The social construction of sex, gender and sexuality. Three inter-related components/parts: the social construction of gender categories based on biological sex, the sexual division of labour whereby specific tasks are allocated on the basis of sex, the regulation of sexuality. Sex: refers to the condition of being male or female. Sex dimorphism: division of society into two categories. Gender: refers to femininity or masculinity these emerge from a more socio-cultural standpoint. We live in a society that has definitions of the ideal male and female attributes, and these impact both men and women in everyday life. When we look at this at a collective level, men almost always hold more resources and power than women as a group or a collective category. Gender profoundly impacts the way we experience life especially for a woman. We are constantly dividing our society into two categories, male or female, and you must fit into one of those categories.
