SY210 Lecture 5: GENDER – EVOLUTION IN SOCIOLOGY
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Sociology phd"s awarded by gender: for males, less males have received phd"s now than in the past, for females, more females have received phd"s now than in the past, at the time (1950s-1970s), second wave feminism was occurring. What was the old perspective on gender: seeing gender as role collection of traits and behaviors associated with males and females. Example: all societies distinguish between the roles of men and women, assigning to each sex special tasks, duties, and prerogatives. In western society, differences in the roles of men and women are associated with sharp and contrasting differences in temperament. The female is regarded as naturally nonaggressive and passive, the male as naturally aggressive and active . Thus, the more demanding a man, the more masculine he is thought to be; the more passive and pliant a women, the more feminine. broom and selznick, sociology (1963) [one of most popular texts 1950s through 1970s.
