SOCA01H3 Study Guide - Nail Polish, Gender Bender, Gender Role
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28) what it means to be gendered me life on the boundaries of a dichotomous gender system. Individuals learn gender roles and gender stereotyping through socialization. Betsy local uses her biography to examine social construction of gender and implications of gender bending for gender identity and social interaction. Sex and gender are distinct: gender is something we do , agnes male who wished to pass as a woman, could not take her gender for granted and wa sin danger of failing to pass as a woman. We do not know how to interact with such a person: gender is omnirelevant no way of addressing the person as sir or ma"am. Important for women to know what the gender of the other person is so they can be weary if person is a man or relax if person is a woman. Each time we encounter a new person, we make a gender attribution.
