SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Matriarchy, Role Theory, Sociobiology

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Rubin

Document Summary

Hierarchical distribution of social, economic, and political resources. Patriarchy: allocate power and privilege to men. Matriarchy: allocate power and privilege to women. Barbara risman, gender as structure: 4 theoretical perspectives, gendered selves. Focus on how sex differences shape gendered behavior. Men and women develop different personalities that motivate them to fill different social roles. Sociobiology natural selection (males who act in a more masculine way and females who act in a more feminine way are more likely to/better at reproducing with each other) Sociology sex role theory (boys are girls are nurtured in different ways that encourage masculine/feminine behavior) Mothering , maternal thinking : structure (versus personality) Gendered behavior is rooted in different institutional positions. Social structure produces distinct male and female behavior. Women and men in the same structural positions should behave identically: doing gender. Individuals are expected to behave in accordance with the gender category to which they are assigned. Other"s expectations compel us to perform gendered behavior.