SOC102H1 Lecture : Gender Equality
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Not interested in biological characteristics that make male/female. Interested in social expectations that people describe as masculine and feminine. Social construction is the process that makes sex differences seem large or small, important or unimportant. The probability that certain specific commands (or all commands) will be obeyed by a given group of persons. Examples: parent-child relationships, employer-employee relationships, teacher- student. Domination is a power relationship that implies voluntary compliance or obedience. People obey because they have an interest in doing so, or at least think that they have such an interest. Interesting because it is by own will. Usually, a belief in the legitimacy of the actions of the dominant individual or group. Obedience is not haphazard or brief but sustained and institutionalized. What in our culture allows men to dominate over women. Useful to examine all unequal relationships that become regularized or institutionalized.
