SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Gender Equality, Gender Identity, Male Privilege
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Gender: the culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in the meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with femininity and masculinity . Gender role: attitudes, behaviour, and activities that are socially defined as appropriate for each sex and are learned through the socialization process: ex: males should be aggressive and tough while females. Gender identity: a person"s perception of the self as female or must be passive and nurturing male tasks. Gendered institutions one of the major ways where social life is organized in all sectors of society. Gender is in language, images, and ideas and divides up the. Gender belief system includes all of the ideas regarding masculine and feminine attributes that are held to be valid in a society. Social significance of gender stereotypes is shown through eating disorders anorexia, bulimia, and obesity. Anorexia losing up to 25% of body weight due to fear of becoming fat.
