Sociology 1025A/B Lecture 9: Sex, Gender, and Sexualities- Deconstructing Dualisms part 2

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1025A/B
• Professor: Lauren Barr

Document Summary

Sex, gender, and sexualities: deconstruction dualisms part 2. Hyper versions of social norms or breaking them. Popular costumes: black cat, the purge. Gender: girls tend to wear close to nothing, bo(cid:455)s (cid:449)ere ki(cid:374)d of (cid:373)o(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g ho(cid:449) girls dress (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:449)eari(cid:374)g the (cid:862)se(cid:454)(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:448)ersio(cid:374) of costumes, little kids costume reinforces gender roles boys as superheroes and girls as princesses. Function: one day a year you get to dress up without being judged. More gender variation within sexes than between sexes. Messages we receive: a woman must keep her legs closed, be ladylike, nurturing, calm, caring, quiet not bossy. Supposed to be desirable: a (cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e stro(cid:374)g, do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)r(cid:455), (cid:271)read(cid:449)i(cid:374)(cid:374)er, aggressi(cid:448)e. tough, i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t. Men tend to get depressed compared to women when they lose their job. Different level of rea(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)pari(cid:374)g their jo(cid:271) loss (cid:271)/(cid:449) (cid:373)e(cid:374) & (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374). B/(cid:272) a (cid:373)a(cid:374)"s ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) is so heavily tied in with his occupation and being a breadwinner.