SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Body Language, Patricia Hill Collins, Intersectionality
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Boys taught to play sports and run around. Okay for boys to interrupt, be more aggressive, to voice strong opinions. Educational tracking (labeling): research shows that people are often tracked into certain classes or types of classes based on teachers" or counselors" perceptions of them boys: math and science boys: math and science girls: reading and english. The higher the prestige ranking of an occupation, the fewer the women in it, and the lower the percentage of women of color. Occupational sex typing (def): when women or men are concentrated in a given occupation, or in particular jobs within an occupation or work organization. Males: leadership $ ex) bosses, presidents, doctors. Females: nurturing $ ex) nurses, teachers, secretaries. Women are denied access to power, influence, achievement, and independence in the public world. Men are denied access to nurturing, emotional, and other-oriented worlds that women traditionally inhabit.