[SOC275H5] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (44 pages long)
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If we fail to recognize the structural/political dimension of gender, it is easy to think that we just slap it onto a biological body. Refers to the idea that there are only two sexes and therefore only two genders. By suggesting these are opposites, binary then portrays women and men as fundamentally different and contrasting. This idea is pretty new, as in history, they usually didn"t think of women and men as opposites just because of reproductive differences. Common explanations of gender difference (nature v. nurture) Traditional approaches to gender (nature) are rooted in an approach that sees gender difference as the root, which leads to gender inequality: essentialist approach assumption about role that biology plays, becomes essence of our differences. Kimmel and holler (2011) gender inequality is the root which is what leads to gender difference: socialization women and men are taught to be different from the time we are born.
