SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Double Burden, Queer Theory, Domestic Violence
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Gender inequality: males and females unequal access to power, property, and prestige on the basis of sex. Cuts across all aspects of life social life. Sex: the biological characteristics that distinguish males and females. Gender: social traits of female and male masculinity and femininity: the sociological significance of gender is that it is a device in which society controls its members. The parents found that as time went on, the boy developed masculine traits and the girl developed feminine traits in terms of occupation but dolls were not appealing to her. She peed standing up and was made fun of by her classmates. When she found out about the sex change, she began to transition back to male. Gender is the primary division between people. Barriers of unequal access always favour men. The hunter-gatherer and horticulture societies had much more gender equality and may have contributed to 60% of the groups food.
