ENTI 317 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Femininity, Fraternization

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Course: ENTI 317
• Professor: Houston Peschl

Document Summary

Sex and gender differences different chromosomes, xx or xy. Male" and female" are sex categories, while masculine" and feminine" are gender categories. Evolutionary theory: sexual selection & parental investment theory. The cultural meaning given to an individual"s physical sex. How society constructs differences between men and women. Society constructs what we think as masculine or feminine. Gender identity: reflects a person"s subjectively felt experiences of being masculine or feminine or ambivalent. Gender stereotypes: society"s beliefs and attitudes about what activities or behaviours are appropriate for men or women. Feminine prescriptions: warm & kind, wholesome, interest in children, expresses emotion, loyal, spiritual, sensitive. Masculine prescriptions: business sense, willing to take risks, athletic, consistent, How society fails boys, be a man , these expectations for boys/men leads to depression leadership ability, aggressive, self-reliant. Video: the mask you live in and suicide. Westernize, modernized image = power & beauty, societal pressures, idealized,