SOC275H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Biological Determinism, Sexual Differentiation, Social Inequality
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T wo bas ic s chools of thought in s tudying gender. B iolog ic al an d differential s oc ializ ation: k nown as nature and nurture. E ven though nurture allows for s ome pos s ibilities of change but it s till argues that men and women become dramatically different through s ocializ ation. B oth as s ume that difference between men and women are far greater than difference among men and among women. B iologis ts s ay women child bearing and location in need of protection or males mus cular s tructure allows them to be better hunters or tes tos terone more aggres s ive. O r dominate women to pas s on genes. Mos t differences depend les s on gender and more not he s ocial pos itions they occupy. G ender difference is a product of gender inequality and not the other way around.
