SOC101Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Penis Envy, Sociobiology, Social Constructionism
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Humans have underdeveloped instincts like a brainwired hardware. Great contribution: gender is not something that we are, we do it, we act it, dress it, and cue to others what sex we are. Love standard (sexual activity is acceptable as long as the partners are in love) vs. Men are somewhat more concerned than women with sex. Origins of gender differences in human behavior: gender as a reflection of naturally evolved dispositions (essentialism, gender as a reflection of the different social positions occupied by women and men (social constructionism) Male and female differences are natural and universal. 3 main sociohistorical changes: long-distance warefar and conquest, plow agriculture, separation of public and private sphere. Sexual pluralism heterosexuality is not about men dominating women any more than it is inherently about strict adherence to traditional masculine and feminine sexual scripts sexuality something more than a form of victimization because of unequal power relations.
