SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Androcentrism, Day Care, Masculinity

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Christopher Huggins

Document Summary

Chapter 5: socialization: socialization: the lifelong process of social interaction through which individuals acquire a self- identity and the physical, mental, and social skills needed to survive in society. Agents of socialization: the family, religion, the school system, day care, peer groups, the mass media. Socialization and gender: different attitudes and behaviors are expected because we are male and female, toys and colors are different for boys and girls, the family, the mass media, religion, and other institutions reinforce gender expectations and stereotypes. We see gender through prisms: androcentrism men is the standard while women are the other, gender polarization gender is two distinct categories, and everyone must fit only one, essentialism gender is inevitable and fixed. How do we become gendered individuals: through sex role socialization, through social interaction with others in everyday life, through the impact of social structure and social institution (like the media)