SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ambivalence
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Soc 101: intro to sociology- lecture 7: gender identity and early childhood. May or may not be consistent with biological sex. Our perspective of our selves in terms of sexuality. Identity is rooted in interactions with others. *our physical characteristics (between sexes) are very similar. Creates categories that are used to assign roles. How masculinity is the basis (it is valued) in our society. Explains why we allow women to be masculine, but not men to be feminine. More time providing childcare (even if woman has a full time job) Using racial and ethnic concepts by ausdale and feagin. Showed younger (preschool) aged children do have racial/ ethnic ideas. Children use racial and ethnic concepts to: You can"t play here unless you are spanish . You can play here because you speak spanish . Because you are chinese, you can"t pull the wagon . This is not only excluding the child, it is also defining his actions and controlling him.
