LIN251H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Enterprise, Heterosexuality, Asexuality
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Reading for lecture 3 vowels and nail polish: the emergence of linguistics style in the preadolescent heterosexual marketplace. Introduction: community of practice (chp 5 for more info) Childhood to adolescence brings peer-dominated social order and transformation of what gender means: heterosexuality is a social imperative; changes in kids are mediated by cohort-based heterosexual market. Boys vs girls: normative asexuality to normative heterosexuality. Girls tie their value to accomplishments of boys" accomplishment, production of style through the technology of beauty and personality, interpersonal drama, elaborated language use. Boys play casual playground sports, girls observe, heckle, and disrupt these games. Girls: heterosexual crowds: only certain crowds carry status; those that dominate the public sphere, in part by inserting the private sphere. Girls call the shots: girls are more knowledgeable" than boys at this age; girls use heterosexuality as a pastime, boys are more passive: girls are heighteners of the social.
