SOC102H1 Chapter Notes -Erving Goffman, Wage Labour, Judith Butler
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Chapter 3: am i a woman, myra j. hird. Purpose: discuss the importance of gender and sex (sexual differences) in canadian society. Roberta hamilton: people experience different realities due to their gender. Ex: women end up with lower pay then men for equal work. Gender: external practices that correspond to social expectations for a particular sex. Sexuality: constitutive feature of personality, desire, pleasures and sexual acts. Identity: other things that define us (socially, economically etc) 1)distinctions can be made between men and women base on biology (sex) and culture (gneder: while gender is interchangeable, sex is immutable, biology consistently distinguishes between male and females. In the past, thought men and women had same bodies. Men considered to stronger and have heat to display sexual anatomy outwards. Women were weak, anatomy was inside their body. Thought sex was a continuum with fluid movement. Was thought genitals suited a person"s disposition and behaviour. Didn"t care much about determining an individual"s authentic sex.
