SOCL 2001 Chapter : SOCIOLOGY EXAM 3 NOTES
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Gender & age: sex: biological different, male and female, gender: social behaviors and attitudes. Video: elderly swimmers in melbourne: no link: old people swimming, swimmers conform/deviate aging stereotypes, deviate: unexpected level of physical activity. Is aging socially constructed: yes: norms vary by society and time period, what causes changes in views of aging, social structure, culture. Shifting meanings of "growing old: early u. s, viewed positively--work skills, wisdom. Industrialization: less respected, old age--more common; longer life expectancy, rise of mass education and production, today, shifting view--becoming more positive, elderly: more financially independent. Video: iri fewer baby boomers prepared for retirement. Engagement ring: more: deeply engrained norm we expect conformity, marriage proposal and wedding reinforce gender norms, yes, men: providers, imitators, women: beauty symbols. Video: design your own baby: patent granted: conflict theory, could reinforce social inequality, incentivize endogamy, functionalism, reduce diseases, empower parents. Video: fresh prince-papa"s got a brand new excuse (finding)
