SOC219H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Masculinity, Hegemonic Masculinity, Sex Segregation
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Gender: sex = the biological characteristics attributed to men and women based on the physical genitalia present at birth, sex category = is the placement of a person in a particular group based on their biological criteria. Presumes one"s biological sex and stands as one"s sex classification. Requires socially acceptable identification that proclaims ones membership in a category. We attribute meaning and value to our expectations regarding what it means to be men or women. Because of norms and values, it produces and reproduces social hierarchies: gender = a product of human interaction. West and zimmerman: western cultures see men and woman as different. Division of labour seems natural and rooted in biology: gender roles are learned and enacted, gender has no specific organizational context in which it is enacted, like prof vs. Help shape the role identities we all have. They are socially situated set of demand and not necessarily our master status student.
