SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Queer Theory, Racialization, Glass Ceiling
23 Sep 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Sociological perspective makes us see in a new light, the very world in which we have lived all our lives Sex - anatomical or biological characteristics of women and men. Gender - parallel and socially unequal division into femininity and masculinity. Gender as a topic of study - origins. Most critical work on gender has been carried out by feminist scholars. Annie marion maclean (1870-1934) - first canadian to obtain a phd in sociology. The lost and the lonely: homeless women in montreal (1982) Helen abell (1917-2005) - founder of rural sociology in canada. Rural families and their homes: a longitudinal study of ontario rural families. Decline of family farming as a way of life. The gender that a person feels him/herself to be. Can be the same or opposite as the sex assigned at birth. The identi cation of individuals as heterosexual, bisexual, or homosexual based on their emotional and sexual attractions, relationships, self-identity, and lifestyle.
