SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Leotard, Intersex, Cheerleading
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Two distinct categories: male or female, masculine or feminine, gay or straight, etc. Sex: the biological differences that distinguish males from females. (conley 2013: Gender: a social position, the set of social arrangements that are built around normative sex categories. (conley 2013: 283) Social definition of male and female, what it means to be male and female, masculine or feminine. Social construct: an idea or concept that has emerged from society. How our ideas of masculine and feminine have changed over time in different societies. Early 1900s, used to be all male. War changed the demographics, cheerleading was then about. Today it is more athletic, become highly sexualized manners, and cheerfulness. Wearing leotards expanded to be known as the strong man of. 1970s stop being produced on the mass, women have taken it the circus over. Appropriate behaviour and roles change over time. Gender ideologies what"s important for masculinity and femininity, often changes as our society changes.
