SOCIOL 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mami Wata, Eleanor Leacock, Margaret Mead
25 Sep 2018
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Theories of gendered difference and male dominance: private property, demands of war, private property and materialism, the origins of the family, private property and the state (engels, 1942) In a family without males, one daughter will get all the males roles and swear to be a virgin forever: mohave, fluidity in gender. Sexual diversity: leonore tiefer (1995, sex is not a natural act; rather, it is socially constructed and repeatedly negotiated, her sex is female, her sex role is that of woman, she had sex with him, reiss, 1989. Social constructionism: definitions of masculinity and femininity vary, definitions can vary within one single culture, definitions will vary over the course of a single lifetime, definitions will vary based on race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age. Gender as an institution: how are firms organized, gendered images, gendered interactions, logic of the organization assumption of gender neutrality.
