SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Femininity, Masculinity, David Reimer
27 Oct 2018
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A socially constructed system of classification that ascribes qualities of masculinity and femininity to people, acts, and things. Gender norms (ideas about how men and women should act) change over time and vary culturally. Gender is not just about how you feel about yourself and your own interactions, behaviours, and possibilities. It is also about how society is structured by gender and how gender works in social institutions. How someone understands and defines their own gender. Refers to how one demonstrates their gender identity through actions, clothing, behaviours, etc. Gender is distinct from sex and sexuality. A set of cultural expectations, values, roles, and ideas that define what it means to be a socially acceptable woman. Women are better homemakers because they are naturally nurturing and should shoulder the responsibilities of child-rearing and cleaning the house and other domestic chores. A set of cultural expectations, values, roles, and ideas that define what it means to be a socially acceptable man.
