SOC263H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Reproduction
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Intersex characteristics: have both women and men 1st and 2nd characteristics. Gender as social construction: think women are sympathy, weak, follower. Sex is the physical structure of the coat rack, gender is what you hang on the coat rack. Definition: gender is a social structure is to see gender as a central organizing feature of social life. What we do, who we are, how we interact with others, our opportunities and constraints, out advantage and disadvantage are all patterned by gender. Gender relation: put men in a group of power and domination over women in another group. Level of society sees men as a better group to women, i. e. unequal pay for equal work, women have less access to political system than men. Statistic table: medium earning, full time worker (1978-2008) Men earning stays constant; women earning has increased throughout 1978-2008, but still earn less than men.
