SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Trans Man, Conflict Theories, Gender Symbol
Document Summary
Sociological imagination biography intersects with history. Agency your individual freedom/lack of freedom within the system: examples, structure. Criminalization po"s and police treated teens in the streets as criminals even if they weren"t doing illegal activities: agency fighting against structure dr. rios getting his ph. d. from berkeley, movie clip examples. Men and women drinking (m masculine, f not being able to drink as much; different in multiple cultures) Athletes don"t necessarily drink as much because it makes you more of a competitor (different kind of masculinity; maturity: sports and gender. No women in football unless she"s a cheerleader. Girl allowed on hs football team, but never played a single game. Validation: golden rule man can"t hit a woman; guy lays out a girl = terrible, guy lays out other guy = good hit. 4/9/2012 7:49:00 am: individual repressed by structure and society, government places people in classes due to capitalism, conflict theory. Conflict between classes leads to social change: historical materialism.
