SOC366H1 Lecture Notes - Wok
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Doing gender is a another perspective gender is a performance, we dress in a certain way and we exchange these assumptions with other people. The act of noticing it, what that label mobilizes like :i think i am female i like females better so i will treat female better as a prof but this label activates different treatment and that is the issue. What is the underline process and how does that translate into the treatment: west and zimmerson- this was published in 87 and popular of article of gender written, it"s helpful to understand the concepts with this course. This article shows gender not being just a trait, femininity being pink and passive and into doing it- by interacting with other people. It"s not just a set of traits outside of the individual the problem is that we do them and reinforce them, that are why they continue across time, and this perspective is on social organization of society.
