SOC101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Operant Conditioning, Symbolic Interactionism, Hegemonic Masculinity
14 Dec 2015
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
8 (p. 199-212, 219-220: hegemonic masculinity what is considered to society as being the. Aggressive, controlling, strong, ambitious, not valuing women (or anyone who doesn"t fit the mold), capable, successful, and reliable constructed as opposite of everything feminine aggressively heterosexual. A man of power": feminity emphasized femininity. Women"s compliance with their subordination to men. Supportive, enthusiastic, sexually attractive, caring, etc: climate in university chilly climate. Girls praised for being neat while boys for intellectual quality. More women in undergraduate programs related to education, social sciences, humanities while male undergraduates mostly dominate in math: instrumental and expressive roles/ order functionalist perspective. Essential in producing moral fabric" of society. Paid labour, make all decisions, bread winner: gender segregation the formal physical/social separation of males and females. Strongly reflected in and reinforced by all forms of media. Imposed by the majority group (males: symbolic interaction operant conditioning. Negative reinforcements decreases behaviours deemed socially inappropriate. People act based on how other people perceive them.
