SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Emma Watson, Feminist Sociology, Masculinity
9 Feb 2017
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Class stratification - talked about several ways to explain inequality. Intersectionality - multiple social relations (axis of impression) operate to create the scene (feminization of poverty) Few strands of sociology have tried to study gender . because of who had studied it. Women were excluded from academia and therefore men preoccupied the domain. But a lot of more women are coming into sociology and examining gender. Emma watson, united nations gender equality ambassador http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=p-ifl4qhbse. Feminism has become an unpopular word, choosing not to identify as a feminist. No one country can say that they have achieved gender equality. Social expressions of gender are masculinity and femininity. Differences in hormones levels in our bodies is not very much: variation in behaviour within a gender group isn"t explained - not only to be see overlap between men and women we also see variation within the group!
