SOCL 1260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Feral Child, Role Theory
18 Oct 2016
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The social construction of gender relations: chapter 5. Sociological perspectives vs. biological determinism: sex role theory has limitations, social constructionist perspective. Power plays a role in gender difference. Gender is institutional as well as individual. The social construction of gender relations: sociological imagination. Place individual experience into social and historical context: both our biographies (identities) and histories (evolving social structures) Feral children go against biological deterministic arguments: their social environment influences their behaviors and looks. Critique of biological determinism: feral and isolated children tell us that biology alone does not determines development, they demonstrated instead the importance of social. Gender is something one does not something one has. (cid:862)situated acco(cid:373)plish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863)- occurs as a result of situations institution. Social life reproduces gender difference and gender inequality. A socialist constructionist perspective: social construction. Our identities are both voluntary and coerced: gender definitions may vary.
