PSY 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Distance, Heterosexuality, Androgyny
17 Apr 2016
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Ask for peer-reviewed journals (recent, 2000 = oldest) and how to find them (not really books, no random websites) How to stop gender-based toys? (non-sexist toys, last question = hardish) Sex (biological perspective-m/f) does not equal gender (social perspective) Sex dimorphism assumes no middle ground between m/f, emphasized by western thought (e. g. dualism) Not always right because there are not always two distinct categories. Androsentric bias men are standard, and women are applied to that (not true, women have different symptoms of heart attack) Different associations for m and f (different personality traits) M total > f total by more than 10 points = masculine. F total > m total by more than 10 points = feminine. *big gaps are detrimental on mental and physical health (both m and f) Mixed gender roles highly valued long ago (how?) Transgender vs. two-spirited (concept of androgyny, but looked at differently) Biological determinism not always true, it has a component too.
