SOC 001 Lecture 7: Sociology 1 (Introduction to Sociology) - 7
3 Nov 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
William B.
College of the Sequoias
Soc 1
Introduction to Sociology
First Names –
Recap:
○ Media – “expanded”
○ Micro/macro
○ News/entertainment
○ Effects of Media?
○ The issue agenda – Faces of Power
Taste What do people like? What is “choice”?
○ Predisposition in audience to prefer a type of content over others
○ Interests shaped by outside factors
Stanley Lieberson, First Names
○ Boys names vs Girls names
■ Girls get boys names
■ Boys names become girls names – Jesse, Kelly, etc
● Boys names become “ruined” when used by girls
○ Stigma attached to being female
○ Separate by not equal
■ Boys names tend to be more “traditional” – William, Jacob, etc – whereas
girls names tend to be more experimental
○ Names are patterned
■ By gender, by age/generation, by race, by sound
○ Men and women are different
■ Out of the womb, we are given names depending on our genders
■ What is the different? What do we DO with the difference?
○ Old-timey names that have lost popularity – Agnes, Barbara, etc
■ If parents are out of the social loop, their ignorance of the trends may manifest
itself in the naming of their children
○ The Case of Agnes
■ West and Zimmerman, “Doing Gender”
● Study a subject, Agnes, through process of sex change
● Awareness of gender expectations
○ Even down to knowing how to sip your tea as a female vs male
● No time out – gender is done 24/7
Sex and Gender
○ Characteristics
■ “Corrective surgery”
■ Pink and Blue
■ High heels
■ Agnes
■ Job segregation
Document Summary
The issue agenda faces of power. Predisposition in audience to prefer a type of content over others. Boys names become girls names jesse, kelly, etc. Boys names become ruined when used by girls. Boys names tend to be more traditional william, jacob, etc whereas girls names tend to be more experimental. By gender, by age/generation, by race, by sound. Out of the womb, we are given names depending on our genders. If parents are out of the social loop, their ignorance of the trends may manifest. Old-timey names that have lost popularity agnes, barbara, etc itself in the naming of their children. Study a subject, agnes, through process of sex change. Even down to knowing how to sip your tea as a female vs male. No time out gender is done 24/7. West and zimmerman interruption (today show) Interruption asserts and perpetuates the idea of male dominance.
