SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Intersex, Sex Assignment, Structural Functionalism
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Binary: see things are two opposing subjects and the things that surround them (masculinity vs. femininity) Gender: a social position, the set of social arrangements that are built around normative sex categories. Social construct: an idea or concept that has emerged from society. Can also analyze the social underpinnings of gender. Dependent on where and when you"re looking. Things that we associate with gender are subject to change. * think girls in short skirts, with pom poms, in synchronized dances. Cheerleader: is of the same status as the football quarterback (that is how high status and masculine being a lead cheerleader was) Boys being divided in school shows the children that it is a signi cant divide. Books and toys that are catered towards particular genders. We live in a gendered world in terms of marketing: cultural products. Sex: the biological differences that distinguish males from females including genitals and hormones.
