SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Matriarchy, Gender Role, Peer Pressure
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Sex: biological and anatomical differences between females and males. Gender: culturally and socially constructed feminity and masculinity . Gender role: the attitudes, behvaiour, and activities that are socially defined as appropriate for each sex and are learned through the socialization process. Gender identity: a persons perception of the self as female of male. Men: strong, rational, dominant, independent, less concerned with their appearances. Women: weak, emotional, nurturing, dependent, and anxious about their appearance. Sexism: subordination of one sex, usually female, based on the assumed superiority of the other sex. Elements: negative attitudes, stereotypical beliefs that reinforce, complement, or justify prejudice, discrimination. Patriarchy: hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural, political, and economic structures are controlled by men. Matriarchy: hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural, political, and economic structures are controlled by women. Hunting and gathering, horticultural societies, agrarian societies. Society with factories and mechanized production have replaced agriculture as the major economic base.