SOCL 3601 : Final Exam Notes
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William julius wilson: believes there are no race problems, only social class problems (assignment due friday) Sex: refers to his/her biological makeup and his/her role in reproduction. Gender: refers to expected behaviors and dispositions that is assigned to members of each sex: we seem to think that sex determines our gender. Sandra bem the lenses of gender : gender genetically caused and linked to x and y chromosome, three different lenses: (did not coin terms, 1. Biological essentialism:. attributing male and female difference to either biology or to natural order of things: hyster : means uterus (like hysterectomy or hysterical, etc. ); if you had a uterus, you were hysteric for females, right hemisphere (controls left side of body) of brain is slightly larger. Related to emotional expression, musical/artistic talents, and communication: everyone has testosterone and estrogen, women tend to have more white matter in brain (related to the right-brain attributes more, 2.
