SOC352H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neoliberalism, Devaluation, Public Good
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Dynamics how it works and what is going on. Biology determines that women are x and they do y etc. We see things like men are more aggressive because they have male hormones androgen/testosterone. In sociology, this is not what we believe. Its not just nature and nurture, but the interaction of the two. Biolog(cid:455) does(cid:374)"t deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)e our (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour or so(cid:272)ial orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374: socialization. It"s the pro(cid:272)ess of lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, re(cid:272)og(cid:374)izi(cid:374)g the fa(cid:272)t that ge(cid:374)der is socially created. I(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es do(cid:374)"t just (cid:272)o(cid:374)sist of (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g treated differe(cid:374)tl(cid:455: most people are a mix of genders, often context dependent ex. It does(cid:374)"t reall(cid:455) talk a(cid:271)out so(cid:272)iet(cid:455: patriarchy. Men construct women to be subordinate to them. Gender as system of meanings and set of ideas. The belief that men or women are different. Ideas are meaningful and this shapes the way we act only works if this matches our daily reality.
