SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Radical Feminism, Socialist Feminism, Productive Forces

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

Document Summary

Gender: personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being male or female. Gender stratification: the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women. No difference in overall intelligence between males and females. The israeli kibbutz: gender is considered irrelevant. Margaret mead"s research: culture is the key to gender differences. George murdock"s research: in pre-industrial societies, hunting and warfare belong to men and domestic duties to women; but beyond this pattern he found much variety. Gender is too variable across cultures to be a simple expression of biology. Patriarchy: a form of social organization in which males dominate females. Matriarchy: a form of social organization in which females dominate males (has never been documented) Sexism: belief that one sex is innately superior to the other: stunts the talents of women and limits their ambition. Gender is socially constructed and can be changed, patriarchy can be left behind.