SOC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Liberal Feminism

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1200
• Professor: Susan Miller

Document Summary

Lomoar cpsd| 987298 more or a power issue most pornography dehumanizes women . Gender serves as a means to organize social life . Women were unable to control pregnancies and unable to work (hunter/gatherer) . Parsons argues that keeping some gender differences helps integrate society : forms a complementary set of roles, links men and women into family units. Symbolic-interaction analysis: gives each sex responsibility for certain tasks. Gender affects everyday interaction in a number of ways . Women engage in more eye contact way of encouraging conversation to continue and shows you are paying attention : example of sex roles. Women expected to be more deferential (show respect) . Gender involves not only differences in behaviour but in power as well . Feminism: double exploitation paying men low wages and women not at all. = the advocacy of social equality for women and men in opposition to patriarchy and sexism first wave in canada 1800s .