SOC102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ann Oakley, Household Division, Arlie Russell Hochschild
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The parents grew up in liberal families, and are strong believers in community: co-sleeping they sleep together with their children, un-schooling they believe that learning should be driven by a child"s curiosity. Gender is socially constructed, not given by nature. Gender expectations of behaviour and appearance that people describe as masculine or feminine, which are conventionally. Sex is determined by biology, but that does not mean gender is determined by sex. Social construction the process that makes differences seem large or small (e. g. , assigning different social roles to different sexes) In some societies, the differences between men and women are dramatized by gender norms. In canada, the differences between men and women are less marked today than a generation ago. Despite women"s subtlety in wielding power, men use socially constructed gender differences to justify the domination of women by men.
