SOC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hijab, Sept, Nicki Minaj
7 Jan 2017
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Sociology: the scientific study of human behavior sept 8 2016. Examining where stereotypes (about a person"s clothing, body, activities) come from: women wearing hijab are oppressed . Women selling suits are often sexualized, displaying both form of power, but elevating one. Thinking about why people think/act/feel the way they do. Examining the social context of behavior cultural, historical: nicki minaj and black venus: women put on display for their assets, yet are perceived in a different way. Learning to control one"s own bias so it does not interfere with examination. Taking on a different perspective, one that hasn"t been fed to us by our environment: human planet: we are told to focus on the diversity of people. Looking closer, we see that there aren"t any women, it only tells the stories of extreme feats, displays the stereotypically exotic ethnicities: theinvisiblegorilla. com: we are told to focus on the number of times the ball is passed.
