SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Gender Inequality, Hegemonic Masculinity, Sexual Assault
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What you see yourself as and how you see yourself is shaped by social norms, institutions, culturally defined roles, and dominant ideologies. Usually it is men who are privileged and the women who are marginalized. Gender is about how society is structured by gender and how gender works in social institutions. Those in privileged positions rarely interpret their privilege: however, gender inequality is now gaining interest even by men because it is accepted as an important sociological issue. There are continuing gender inequalities that women may not realize exist. Study gender issues with at least four benchmark ideas: gender is a vantage point of critique, gender is a social construction, gender is realized in social roles and institutions, gender is a relation of power and inequality. Sociology used to be a male-dominated and centred discipline. It was assumed women would fit into the male perspectives. Vantage point: a place or position affording a good view of something.
