WDW101Y1 Chapter : SOC102H1 - Gender Inequality.docx
Document Summary
History and evolution has primed men and women to have specific gender roles. Men are supposed to be the physically strong and the breadwinners while women are meant to be the small and the caregivers. Sexism the superiority of one sex (often male) over the other (usually female) Gender the expectation of behaviour or appearance that we describe as masculine or feminine. Criticalists always ask: who holds power and benefits from a particular social arrangement. They would state that gendered division is the most effective and efficient way to carry out society"s tasks of reproduction and socialization. Critical theory this can be tied into the marxist view of working class men and women are their duties. They are concerned with who gender inequalities become stable in society. They understand the sexual double standard (the expectation that women will feel or behave differently from men in sexual matters)