SOCB22H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hegemonic Masculinity, Bubble Bath, Ethnomethodology
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Black or white doesn"t exist without each other. There are specific masculine and feminine traits, attitudes, and behaviours. A set of expectations that are attached to one"s particular sex category. How boys/girls and women/men are socialized into appropriate gender roles and identities. Teachers unconsciously tell female students to behave in a certain way and expect something different from the male students. Talcott parson"s argument that there are 2 major functions in society: production and reproduction. Test determines successful gender acquisition" were embraced by social scientists between 1940s-1950s. Test categories include: gendered knowledge, gendered feelings, gendered occupations, appearances and books, gendered people, etc. Ex of a question: (-) rep. a feminine answer and (+) rep. a masculine answer things cooked in grease are: boiled (+), broiled (+), fried (-), roasted (+) . Right answer is apparently the masculine answer. Have you ever kept a diary? : yes (-), no (+)
