SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Arlie Russell Hochschild, Role Theory, Common Cold
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Women were proven to laugh more than men in everyday conversations. Men are less likely to ask for directions because it would imply a decrease in authority. Communication among people acting and reacting to one another. Can be face to face or via computer. When two or more statuses held at the same time put contradictory role demands on a person. When incompatible role demands are placed on a person in a single status. A role is a set of expected behaviours. Most people relate emotions to a common cold. In both cases, there is an external disturbance that causes a reaction involuntarily experienced. Ex > external disturbance could be a bear attack causing fear or exposure to virus (catching a cold) Either case, we can"t control our body"s patterned response. Feminist were first sociologists to nore flaw in the view that emotional responses are involuntary.
