SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Interpersonal Attraction, Masculinity, Antonio Gramsci
30 Sep 2016
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Sex: biologically rooted; describes our physical bodies whereby distinguishing between male and female, characterized as diametrical opposites opposite sex . Gender: socially constructed characteristics associated with girls and boys, men and women, masculinity/femininity. Transgender and transsexual individuals: transgender has been used as an umbrella term for those who do not fit into normative constructions of sex and gender, transsexual used to encompass those who undergo sex reassignment (realignment surgery) Ideal of masculinity that men are supposed to be strive to achieve: derives from gramsci, requires men to be successful, capabale, and reliable. Emphasized femininity (connell, 1987: based on women"s compliance with their subordination to men, requires men to be supportive, enthusiastic, and sexually attractive, disney portrays masculinity and femininity. Families: gender expectations at birth, parents spend more time talking to girls while leaving boys alone, punishing their sons more often than daughters, gendered divisions of household labour.
