SOCL 1260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Biological Determinism, Midlife Crisis
18 Oct 2016
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Sociological imagination: place individual experience into social and historical context. Identity: gender is something one does, not what one has, we are active in its construction. Gender through the life course: gender socialization occurs throughout the life course. Agents of socialization family, education, religion: peer groups, media. Midlife crisis greatly exaggerated: changes in work health relationships. Gender and aging less stigma for aging men: more common see older men with younger women, meanings of age may vary by gender. Men who retire might end up lonely. Women keep ties to friend groups, more social. Gender as an institution: position demands a type of behavior i(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s e(cid:454)press a (cid:862)logi(cid:272)(cid:863) Carry masculine principles: gendered people occupy gendered positions important to note the interplay of identity. Acker- gender as an institution: gendered processes reproduce gender inequality. Gendered inequalities- some jobs valued more and paid more than others.
