SOC 153 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Femininity, Masculinity
13 Apr 2016
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Gender is the part that is constructed by us and society. It is the social meaning of masculinity and femininity. It is a set of expectations concerning what males and females should be. Gender is the part that is in our control. We do gender, we accomplish it, just like we perform our roles. It is how we look, feel and behave. Society creates gender rules, standards and we must respond. Actually are stronger due to biological reasons. Femininity: women are seen as the opposite of men, even though most sociologists say that we overlap in many ways. Women have some interest in that due, that"s why population keeps increasing. Gendered characteristic are not meaningful because in many ways the overlap and because they are socially constructed, a society that doesn"t take into account all of the possibilities that sex and gender may be. Ex: there are some women that are actually stronger than some men.
