SOC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Content Analysis, Sandwich Generation, Mass Media
6 Aug 2016
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Sex refers to a biological label based on genitalia. sex is felt by most people to be a stable category. Understanding the difference between sex and gender. Gender refers to a set of behaviors and characteristics assigned to each sex. Gender is the behaviour that is associated with masculinity and femininity. It changes over time and differs from one culture to another. Masculine and feminine behaviour are cultural and time specific. England during the 1660s and 1670s, aristocratic men wore long wigs, makeup, bright clothes, and beautiful fabrics-- all things that today would be seen as effeminate, although they were considered perfectly masculine at the time. Gender identity: is the sense of being male or female which most children acquire by the age of three. Clothing: the type of clothing that children wear serves the function of maintaining gender- specific behavior.
