SOC103H1 Lecture : Lec 06 Notes
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Culture gives us guidelines for how to think and act. Culture is everywhere, but nowhere at the same time. Ideologies are rooted in culture and structure, not nature. But we believe ideologies are supported by nature: native americans have a third gender. They were not considered to be either sexes, but a combination of the two. Their culture made room for a third gender. They don"t consider themselves female or male: hijra www. notesolution. com, ethnocentrism involves judging another culture exclusively by the standards of one"s own. Travesti, might be disgusting to a westerner, but it isn"t for a. Maybe in nature that is what it is, but history and culture tells us otherwise. Sex itself is a socially constructed concept: how do boys and girls learn to be a male or a woman, barbie represent what it means to be a woman. from barbie, girls learn to be concerned with their bodies.
