Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Aaron Devor, Ascribed Status, Achieved Status
1 Dec 2015
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The chapter begins with an examination of biology (nature) and culture (nurture) with regards to gender. How different sexes react to different situations (like the environment, politics, health and longevity etc). Achieved status - a status that you work to achieve, gain, not something natural. It is a place in a status hierarchy. (with gender, how to act, what box to be placed in, i. e. men are tough, macho, have no emotion and aggressive; women, are soft, caring, emotional and passive) Ascribed status - a status that is inherited or assigned. It can be natural. (children are born and they are divided into sex categories boys with male genitalia and girls with female genitalia) Gender roles are socially created and then learned; people are not born with them. A major debate is about the differences in mathematical ability. Many say that the difference is due to gender.
