SOC365H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gender Role, Social Fact
Document Summary
3 ways to think about gender: process, in context. Gender is not static, it is not pre-given but it is produced with interactions with others. It is produced overtime in times in specific contexts performative aspect of gender. Something we do without thinking about it. The processual elements of gender gender as a process. It emerges in different ways depending on the different contexts: gender as a system of stratification. Gender accords differential opportunities for men and for women. Ex. labour force men make more than women on the dollar, men hold more prestige jobs than women and they have more power in the labour market. Race and ethnicity are important intersecting statuses white women are in a superior position than other women of colour and vice versa for men: structure. Social economic and sexual life is organized by gender roles. Gender roles become institutionalized they harden up which gives them a.
