SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Gender Inequality, Matriarchy, Civil Death
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Gender inequality/stratification: males" and females" unequal access to power, property, and prestige on the basis of sex. It is especially significant because it cuts across all aspects of social life: sex: the biological/anatomical characteristics that distinguish males and females. Male female : gender: socio-cultural construction of distinctions between the sexes. Social expectations of appropriate behavior associated with being male or female. Device by which society controls its members: how different becomes translated into unequal ? (janet chafetz) This is known as the nature versus nurture debate sociologists take nurture in this controversy. Cynthia fuchs epstein (the answer is nurture, i. e. , environment) Anthropological ( )records show that the differences between males" and females" behavior are socially created. The type of work men and women perform in different societies is determined by social arrangements, not biological predispositions. Steven goldberg"s studies (the answer is nature, i. e. , biology) Matriarchies ( )are mere myths; evidence indicates that all societies are patriarchies( .
