SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Killing Us Softly, Public Sphere, Social System
23 Apr 2018
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Not much information on gender as most sociological theory has been created in male dominated institutions (universities typically male) however this began changing 40 years ago. Gender tends to be discussed in feminist theory. Emma watson, united nations gender equality ambassador http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=p-ifl4qhbse. Believe there is a biological basis for men and women"s social expressions of gender. Hormones evolved to produce gendered behavior for conductive survival: testosterone: rationality, aggressiveness men as hunters, estrogen: passive, nurturing presents women as caregivers, some say male social domination is biologically determined due to stronger hormone. Social expressions of gender: masculinity and femininity. Empirical insights about the radical variability in what it means to be a man or woman (that throw biological theories into question): (will be on exam: vary from culture to culture at one time (ex. Women in western world feminine as less clothing in other countries feminine as more clothing: vary in any one culture over time (ex.
