SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Matriarchy, Friedrich Engels

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Gender: personal traits/ social positions society attaches to being male or female. Gender strati cation: the unequal distribution of wealth, power and privilege between men and women. Matriarchy: females dominate males (never been documented though) Sexism: belief that one sex is superior. Sexism causes limits to women in believing they can have talent and ambition. Gender and the family: treats men as independent and women as cooperative. Gender and the peer group: categorizing people by their sexes (ex. same sex play groups for children) Gender and schooling: women in social sciences vs. men in math/ science. Gender and the mass media: see women/ men in their traditional roles (caregivers and providers) Gender and the workplace: men making more money than women. Gender and politics: women aren"t seen as often in politics. Physical or cultural difference that society sets apart. Intersection theory: studies interplay of race, class, and gender resulting in multiple kinds of disadvantage.