SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Productive Forces, Friedrich Engels, Radical Feminism

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

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Differences in abilities between males and females reflect both biology and socialization. There is no difference in overall intelligence between males and females. Israeli kibbutz: gender equality is one of its stated goals, men and women share in both work and decision making, girls and boys are raised the same. From the first weeks of life, children live together in dormitories. Margaret mead if ge(cid:374)de(cid:396) is (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es people e(cid:448)e(cid:396)y(cid:449)he(cid:396)e should defi(cid:374)e (cid:862)fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:374)e(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:373)as(cid:272)uli(cid:374)e(cid:863) i(cid:374) the sa(cid:373)e (cid:449)ay. She found that definitions varied; if gender is cultural, concept of masculine and feminine should (cid:448)a(cid:396)y . George murdock in pre-industrial societies, hunting and warfare and domestic duties to women. Women bear children: beyond this general pattern there is much variety. Gender is too variable across cultures to be a simple expression of biology. Masculinity is linked to suicide, violence and stress-related diseases. Competition and aggression separates men from everyone else. Pink and blue worlds for girls and boys.