SOC101Y1 Lecture : SOC101 Lecture #6
Document Summary
Barbie was more than a doll, an ideal women, could make her be and do anything i want. Barbie ken doll, affords her the money to buy outfits . Sexuality and gender are rooted from ones biological makeup. Whether we express our gender is biologically inherited. Sexually atitudies and behaviours are influenced by the social settings. Sex: refers to anatomical, chromosomal and hormonal features that typically make one male or female. Gender: consists of the feelings attitudes and behaviours typically associated with being male or female. Gender roles/identity are powerfully influenced by social settings. Men become masculine and female become feminine. Fertile women, high status male = increases the changes of survival. Jealously, aggressive to protect survival (man against woman) Essentialism stresses the biological roots of gender and sexuality, thus ignoring: the historical and cultural variability of gender and sexuality, gender differences change over time. 1970 s masculine and feminine roles are decreasing (the notion changed)
