SOCC38H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter Doing Gender : Grammatical Gender, Real Presence Of Christ In The Eucharist, Role Theory
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Doing gender: gender as routine, methodical, and recurring accomplishment. doing of gender is undertaken by women and men whose competence as members of society is hostage to its production. Participants in interaction organize their various and manifold activities to reflect or express gender, and they are disposed to perceive the behaviour of others in a similar light. Sex is a determination made through application of socially agreed upon biological criteria for classifying persons as females or males. Gender activities emerge from and bolster claims to membership in sex category. Perspectives on sex and gender: western society. Accepted cultural perspective on gender as naturally and unequivocally defined. Division perceived to be natural and rooted in biology, producing in turn profound psychological, behavioural, and social consequences. The structural arrangements of a society presumed to be responsive to these differences: analyses of se and gender in social sciences. Retain conception of sex-linked behaviours and traits as essential properties of individuals.
