COMM 4135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Learning Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, Standpoint Theory
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* assumption: we learn by imitating others and are reinforced by responses from others to the behavior (positive or negative) * focuses on understanding gender from cultural perspectives. * looks at how other cultures define masculinity and femininity and. * shows how culture and gender are interconnected; the culture (cid:498)like mother, like daughter(cid:499) (cid:498)act like a man(cid:499) asks what the (cid:498)range(cid:499) is for either one determines what is (cid:498)male(cid:499) and what is (cid:498)female(cid:499) Anthropology: differences between what men (cid:498)should(cid:499) be doing and what (cid:498)women(cid:499) should be doing by cultural standards. Tahitian men are more gentle/turkish men are. Aboriginal fathers have no say in daughters rough marriages. * through communication with others, we learn who we are and how culture views our identity (cid:498)you throw like a girl(cid:499) (cid:498)what a strong boy(cid:499) (cid:498)that isn"t very lady like(cid:499) Why are they constructed in specific ways and what is the.
