SOSC 1185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Symbolic Interactionism, Intersectionality, 3 Women

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1185
• Professor: Lee Wiggins

Document Summary

Gender as socially constructed: taking a macro approach: taking a macro theoretical approach to explaining gender & women in society. We will focus on what nelson and robinson call the gender perspective. Note: the critical skills focus for this week is on note-taking, so the handout for lecture is more of a fill-in-the-blank" than usual. Hint: check out the posted handout, comparing micro & macro explanations . 2: theoretical influences on the gender perspective. Influenced by historical materialism, socialist feminism, and symbolic. Prior to and after the lecture, go through your notes & the short reading on. Materalism and see if you can define all of these. Subsistence/exchange/expansion economies: systemic approach, exchange value labour; use value labour, public and private spheres. 3: women as reserve army of labour", women"s work as labour of love", segregated labour market; occupational segregation based on gender, race, class, dialectic.