SOC 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Matriarchy, Pastoralism, Gender Equality

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Sal Guzzo

Document Summary

Gender the culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in the meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with femininity and masculinity . Microlevel analysis of gender focuses on how individuals learn gender roles and acquire a gender identity. Macrolevel analysis of gender examines structural features, external to the individual that perpetuate gender inequality. Gender role attitudes, behaviour, and activities that are socially defined as appropriate for each sex and are learned through the socialization process. Gender identity a person"s perception of the self as female or male or other. Gender belief system that includes all of the ideas regarding masculine and feminine attributes that are held to be valid in a society. Sexism the subordinate of one sex, usually female, based on the assumed superiority of the other sex. Sexism directed at women: negative attitudes towards women, stereotypical beliefs that reinforce, complement, or justify the prejudice, discrimination acts that exclude, distance, or keep women separate.