WST 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sexual Differentiation, Sex Assignment, Devaluation

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WST 371
• Professor: catherinemarrone

Document Summary

Mim - from a young age learned what she couldn"t be. Sex differentiation: idea that men & women will do separate things. Begins at birth when babies are assigned sex & colored hats. Becomes a part of sex & equality. Socialization - process that starts before birth. Puts us on a prescribed path path become oppressive. Sexual division of labor - different sexes in different work categories. The fact that you see change, proves that there can be change. What i do is less important b/c the category i am in is less powerful. Why is it that i have less vale & less power for being in that category. When men work in female dominated fields/undervalued work - status, money, credentials, value rise. When women enter male dominated fields - nope. Wouldn"t kill you to show your legs. Women & men fall in line with the rules. Peggy (new girl) & joan (office manager)