SOC365H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sex Assignment, Pierre Bourdieu, Gender Role
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Goffman dramaturgy : he suggested that social life is just like theatre. Front stage: the face we put on: the front that we put on for other people in order to appear socially acceptable. Back stage: the actual way we really feel about any given situation. Dramaturgy- front and back stage: we are not unified front and back stage is often quite different, gender = something you are performing on a regular basis. There are certain cues and displays that we re-enact to signal our sex. Sex assignment gender identity gender role: gender role displays cues. He was concerned with how we displayed or performed gender roles. How we signal what sex we are: ex. If you"re a female perform on the front stage as being a woman: we signal sex through gender roles and gender display. Masculinity and femininity = prototypes of essential expression.