HONR 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Homophobia, National American Woman Suffrage Association, Male Privilege
3 Nov 2016
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Physical, hormonal, genetic characteristics we are born with. Basis for categories of male and female. Sex category becomes gender status: gender identity. (cid:862)natu(cid:396)al(cid:863) e(cid:454)p(cid:396)essio(cid:374) of ge(cid:374)de(cid:396) ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455: feminine, masculine, challenges. Androgynous: biological sex gender identity gender role. Gender is a: way to categorize individuals, way to. Legiti(cid:373)ized (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:396)eligio(cid:374), la(cid:449), a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s (cid:448)alues. Process tat: creates distinguishable social status for the assignment of rights and responsibilities. Learning what is expected, acting and reacting in expected ways: gender expectations enforced through: Formal punishment or threat of punishment by authority: gender interactions build into family. Examples of gender differences in the household. Gender stratification system: ranks men above women, gender equality. Produced and maintained by identifiable social processes built into social structure and individual identities: patriarchy. All people can be involved and participate in ongoing oppression. Reinforce forms of masculinity that are dehumanizing and damaging to men. Induvial beliefs and practices, institutions, images, and ideas: enforced by.
