SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Erving Goffman, Symbolic Interactionism, Kate Moss
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Based in part on definitions of femininity and masculinity. Norms and expectations encouraging sex-appropriate behavior: there are stricter norms for men and boys than women and girls. Perception of oneself as male or female. Directing how males and females should act (erving goffman, symbolic interactionism) Erving goffman 1976 (time of second wave feminism, representation of women) In social or public situations, even most minute behavior has meaning. Gesture expression posture: reveal not only how we feel about ourselves, entire arrangement a scene, embodies cultural values. One might say there is no gender identity, only a schedule for the portrayal of gender . We are socialized to confirm our own hypotheses about our natures . Advertisements depict for us not necessarily how we actually behave as men and women but how we think men and women behave ***for final*** Not the grand distinguisher of how we act, but we see the ideological template in advertisements.
