Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Casual Sex, Premarital Sex, Feminist Movement
10 Dec 2017
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Gender: the social construction of gender: sex: biological. Cha(cid:374)ge i(cid:374) wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s jobs and in the pay gap: occupational sex segregation: measured with an index that ranges from 100 for complete segregation to 0 for complete integration. Caroline kuflik 2: women are concentrated in lower-paying occupations. Influenced by social construction: societies put restrictions on sex: some are illegal. Sexual orientation: refers to whether individuals are attracted to method of the other sex, the same sex, or both. Sexual behaviour: any combination of genes that encouraged frequent, casual sex would i(cid:374)crease (cid:373)e(cid:374)"s number of offspring and the representation of this combination of genes in the future gene pool, but it probably would not increase womens. According to evolutionary theory this is why evolution led to more preference for casual sex among men: double standard of sexuality: the tendency to judge women more harshly than men for having casual sex.
