SOC 2104 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Penis Envy, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Hegemonic Masculinity

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Chapter 1 human beings as endangered species. Men are from mars and women are from venus (difference) Men are women are opposites who exhibit complete an universal gender difference. The two tasks of any study of gender: Biological determinism (nature) biology will explain everything we are. Differential socialization (nurture) the way we socialize makes us the way we are. Most arguments about gender difference begin with biology. Sex differences: anatomical, hormonal, chemical, and physical differences between men and women. Sex: biological apparatus; chromosomal, chemical, anatomical organization. Gender: meanings attached to those differences within a culture. Until the 1970s, studies of social life focused only on class and race. Last 30 years has seen an increasing study of women, gender, and now, men and masculinity. Privilege of invisibility: power is often invisible to those who have it. Men were the ones in charge of the distribution of resources to society and they were the ones who assigned the gender roles.