SOC101Y1 Lecture : Chapter 7-Gender Inequality-Economic and Political Aspects Nov 19 2008
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Chapter 7: gender inequality- economic and political aspects. O social roles: behaviours that are expected of people occupying particular social positions. O gender refers to the social meaning associated with being a man or women, whereas sex refers to the biological characteristics of men and women. O through parental behaviour, television, movies, etc, children learn to define certain social behaviours as inherent in being chromosomally male or female. O gender stereotypes: by virtue of your physical sex, possess different personality traits and, as a result, may behave differently and experience the world in different ways. O 1) gender identities, and behaviours are not stable and fixed, 2) gender identities need not to be congruent with the sex assigned to individuals at birth, 3) gender identities and behaviours are not polar opposites. O gender inequalities: hierarchical asymmetries between men and women with respect to the.
