SOC275H5 Lecture 2: CHAPTER 1- HUMAN BEINGS: AN ENGENDERED SPECIES
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Lecture 2- chapter 1: three inter-related components/ parts: Social construction of gender categories based on biological sex for example the "xx" and "xy" chromosomes: tasks are allocated of the basis of their sex, regulation which privileges one form of sexuality. Invisibility of privilege to those upon whom that privilege is conferred: not every individual man has more power than every individual woman due to race however, if the research is done collectively men are more powerful than women. Status - refers to a social position that a person occupies in a society. Sex: biological- "xx" and "xy" chromosomes, ascribed status, condition of female and male, gender, social, cultural, and psychological traits, achieved status, masculine or feminine, refers to universal sexual inequality. Nature vs. nurture: biologically grounded theory, a product of biology (nature) It"s not the environment, it"s the inborn difference that lead to such different ideas: ants are a socio insect and they share 75% of their genes with humans.
