SOC275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: We Were Children, Hostile Work Environment, Hegemonic Masculinity
Document Summary
Different attitudes of sex from americans & dutch: americans dangerous, dutch normalized. Dutch parents downplay teenage sexuality rather than emphasizing gender complex. History of blocked opportunity for women in education: Historical analysis of education and how its been gendered which led to inequalities. Education in canada is embedded in colonialism as well as class structure: access for white men as opposed to women, aboriginals and other minorities. Education was key component of how the ideal male british subject was supposed to be created: hallmark of civilization - british empire tried to leave mark as civilizing force in many parts of the world. Women and girls around the world still continue to struggle to access education. Gender imbalance of undergraduate education: women are more likely to gain more benefit from education than women who are not educated have access to better jobs. Class and gender intersect to provide gender segregation.
