SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Glass Ceiling, Matriarchy, Masculinity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Sex and gender are not the same thing. Gender: how are you suppose to behave according to your physiology- a social construct of what the world expects. Gender: personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being male or female. Gender stratification: the unequal distribution of wealth, power and privilege between men and women. Differences in abilities reflect both biology and socialization. Patriarchy: a form of social organization in which males dominate females. Matriarchy: a form of social organization in which females dominate males. Sexism: belief that ne sex innately superior to the other. Masculinity is linked to suicide, violence and stress- looses in intimacy and trust. Gender roles: attitudes and activities that a society links to each sex. Gender and the family: treats men as independent and women as cooperative. Gender and the peer group: young children have single-sex play groups.