SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gender Identity, Heteronormativity, Mixed Martial Arts
30
SOC100H5 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
30 documents
Document Summary
Gender: culturally/socially constructed differences between males and females. Heteronormativity: masculine and feminine is the norm. heterosexual. I don"t feel right in my body. In prison trade sex, most of the cases are homosexual but very few identity themselves as gay. But there"s a whole spectrum of attraction, fantasies, and experiences. Someone can be straight, but attracted to the same sex. Can"t stop them because you"ll be violating their freedom of speech. Gender discrimination: treat men and women differently in workplace. Women make 70 to 80% of what men make. Occupational sex segregation: truck driver vs teacher. Both are equally difficult, but because the woman is doing the job, it"s less-valued. Dangers faced by being a man or a woman. By age 65, there are less males and more females. Qatar and uae: more females at the end of life-cycle.
