SOC362H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sex Segregation, Obvious Child, Psychoanalytic Theory
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Three things we look for in explanations of social problems. Three ways social culture leads to gender discrimination. Why odes gender discrimination exist: explain variation (gd varies by country/times/etc, and it needs to account for it, remedy (explanation should tell imply how we fix/reduce problem (gd) if because of will of god = no remedy. Theories need to explain existence, variation, and have remedies. Immediate & root causes: immediate causes: things that happen in workplace directly linked to gender. Keep asking why takes you to the root causes: root causes: the underlying/ultimate cause (biological and sociological) Three criterias for explaining social problems: validity, variation, suggestion for remedy, physical attributes. Gender inequality exists because men are physically stronger. The male/female differences from back then were smaller then versus today. If competing for scarce resources, men would dominate. If fighting for survival, men will fare better.
