SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Socialist Feminism, Marxist Feminism, Gender Inequality
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Chapter 7: gender inequality economic and political aspects. Social roles are the behaviours that are expected of people occupying particular social positions. A changed world does not mean an equal world. Social scientists usually refer to inequalities between men and women as gender inequalities because gender refers to the social meanings associated with being a man or a women, as opposed to sex which refers to the biological characteristics. Images of masculinity and femininity influence how people see themselves and how they experience the world. A male child is likely to receive stuffed animals, trucks, and play toolkits rather than the dolls, play dishes, and play makeup that are likely to be given a girl. Through parental behaviour, television, movies, and print media, children learn to define certain social behaviours as inherent in being chromosomally male or female. As adults, they have adopted and identified with many masculine or feminine personality traits and behaviours.