SOC221H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gender Role, Hegemonic Masculinity, Quid Pro Quo
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Racialization: race is a cultural category not a biological one, people become radicalized through social processes. Feb 3, y: racilaization relates to racial inequality, race and gender are socially constructed, we create our gender in how we act, how we dress. Women are leaving the home however men are not taking the roles of childcare/housework. Second shift -the responsibility for housework in addition to paid employment p. 390: institutions & gender in the family : progress. Legalized , have access to adoption as well. No time for cooking (canada"s obesity rates at historic high:study) Doing gender in the family reproducing gender roles in the family. Hegemonic masculinity: men encourage to prioritize breadwinning. A pronounced or hyper masculinity performed by men economically and socially marginalized groups. Working class focus = aggression , heterosexuality. Catcalling etc; = overt display of heterosexual prowess. Rationalization strategies engaged in to minimize the extent to which one deviates from real or perceived norm (p. 382)
