SOC100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gender Inequality Index, Michel Foucault, Sexual Orientation

• School: UTSG
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H1

Document Summary

Virtually everything social in our lives is gendered. People continually distinguish between males & females & evaluate them differently. Gender is an integral part of the daily experiences of men & women. Boys & girls are not identical at birth genetic & hormonal differences do launch males. However, early experiences & learning are key factors. Most sex differences start out small they are quickly amplified by our gender infused culture. A concept used by neurologists to explain why experience (ie learning) regularly changes brain structure & function. Your brain is what you do with it. Every task you spend time on - reading, running, laughing, calculating, debating, watching tv, folding laundry, mowing grass, singing, crying, kissing, etc reinforces active brain circuits at expense of other inactive ones. Sociologists use the terms sex and gender to distinguish biological sex identity from learned gender roles.