SOC-2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gender Role, Dysphoria, Masculinity
12 Nov 2016
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Sex biological label assigned based on physical, hormonal, chromosomal and physiological attributes (male/female) Gender gender roles assigned by society to each sex (masculinity/femininity) Sex is a social construct because biological components of sex are associated with masculinity or femininity. Gender roles expectations for behavior of each sex, different for males and females. Not everyone fits into the traditional gender model a lot of variation in physical and psychological differences. Everyone has a sex (male/female), gender roles (masculine/feminine), gender identity (male/female), sexual orientation (males/females) Transgender biological sex does not match someone"s gender identity. Gender dysphoria when someone"s incongruity causes distress some people say this stress comes from society not accepting them. Culture: masculinity and femininity varies by culture culture affects gender roles due to socialization process. Must look at context and age to understand similarities and differences can"t generalize to all females and all males. There"s a concern of underrepresentation, overrepresentation, and misrepresentation of sex differences in research.
