SOC265H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hidden Curriculum, Carol Tavris, Meta-Analysis
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Gender differences in individuals: are women and men opposite sexes": a. conceptualizing gender as individual difference: gender as a (stable) set of characteristics of the individual caused by socialization. Boys are incentivized to misbehave because when they are unruly and loud they will receive the attention they"re seeking but usually without the punishment because boys will be boys . The point is that boys are girls are being taught to use their bodies according with the hidden curriculum, girls being restrained more than boys. Gender is not only about behavior, but it"s about identity. Gender is also an idea- the idea of difference, gender discourse: *** what do we mean by gendered body? test question**, b. So she started to look at the boys and girls who were not acting like the other kids of their gender. Believing is seeing : sports and the construction of girls/women as feminine, petite and graceful, boys/men as strong, muscular and fast.