HDFS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Sexual Revolution, Industrial Revolution
13 May 2017
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Issues of gender / nature - traits you are born with. Affects on gender- how parents raise you, different hormones, biological differences, hard to pick out whether nature or nurture plays a bigger role. Gender socialization- the way you learn about gender, values, beliefs, stereotypes, environmental/ nurture. Traditional roles benefits- predictability and sustainability, can predict how they will be treated / disadvantages- restrictive, people may not fall into stereotypes, looked at as more of spectrum. Men instrumental; women expressive- women are better at expressing emotions and love. Taking love and defining it in women"s terms. Some people express love by functional tasks (fixing something) not really considered love. Feminization of love / different theories about love. Attachment theory of love- our primary motivation is to be connected to one another. Early experiences, how child and caregiver gain a bond. Kinsey studies on sexuality; -study on variety of sexual behaviors. Factors that influence sexual behavior- influence when people start having sex.
