SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Inequality, Nonverbal Communication, Microsociology
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People are shaped by power, coercion and authority. Change takes place all the time and may have positive consequences. Active in influencing and affecting everyday social interaction. Microsociological analysis as a way of understanding the larger social phenomena. People manipulate symbols and create their social worlds through interaction. Refle(cid:272)ted i(cid:374) people"s positio(cid:374)s and their communications with others. Feminist theory considers conflict/power inequities between men and women. Fo(cid:272)used o(cid:374) ho(cid:449) so(cid:272)ieties a(cid:396)e ge(cid:374)de(cid:396)ed, ho(cid:449) o(cid:374)e"s ge(cid:374)de(cid:396) affe(cid:272)ts life (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)es, ho(cid:449) societies are stratified based on gender. We are focusing on the underlying conflict between the two genders. The idea of how one gender dominates the whole gender agenda. Also a type of conflict theory, although most consider it a separate sociological perspective. Focuses on discourses as a basis of power/domination. Discourse: a conceptual framework with its own internal logic and underlying assumptions used to interpret and make sense of the world.
