SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Social Issue, Friedrich Engels, Mass Media
3 Mar 2018
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Gender is more than differences in how women and men are expected to behave. Gender is also an important dimension of social stratification. Where men have traditionally been and are placed in positions of power over women to this day. Gender: personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being male or female. Gender stratification: the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women. We must be careful not to think of social differences in biological terms. Differences in physical abilities, but in athletics the gap is smaller today. Differences in abilities reflect both biology and socialization. Also, women have a greater life span. No difference in overall intelligence between males and females. Margaret mead"s research: culture is the key to gender differences. George murdock"s research: in pre-industrial societies, hunting and warfare belong to men and domestic duties to women; nut beyond this pattern he found much variety.
