SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Casual Sex, Gender Identity, Social Constructionism
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Is it a boy or girl: dr. john money who was able to give infants a female or male identity. The social learning of gender: researchers suggest that babies first develop a vague sense of being a boy or girl at about. 1 year: they have gender identity at ages 2-3, researchers also believe that if gender reassignment occurs before 18 months, it can be successful. Functionalism and essentialism: parsons believe that the essence of masculinity is a series of instrumental traits such as rationality, self-assuredness and competitiveness. For girls, the essence of femininity is a series of expressive traits such as nurturance and sensitivity to others: society influences people"s gender roles, a girl is suppose to dress like this and act like this, blah blah. A critique of essentialism from the conflict and feminist perspectives. Aggressiveness is partly role related: women are developing traits that were traditionally considered masculine.
