SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Grammatical Gender, Sex Segregation, Social Constructionism
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Binary thinking: two distinct categories male or female must move away from this type of thinking. Sex: biological differences that distinguish male from female depends on whether you are born with distinct male or female genitals and a genetic program that releases male or female hormones to stimulate the development of your reproductive system. At the age of one, most babies develop a vague sense of being a boy or a girl. They develop a full-blown sense of gender identity between the ages of two and three, after which it"s difficult to undo even with surgery and hormones. Therefore, women are more nurturing and therefore are better suited for a household, while men are naturally competitive, and are better suited for the workplace. After human began creating food in excess, some men gained control over the economic surplus and devised two ways of ensuring that their offspring would inherit said surplus 1.
