SA 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gender Binary, Gender Bender, Biological Determinism

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 101
• Professor: Bascom Guffin

Document Summary

Androgyny - cultural definitions of gender that recognize some gender differentiation, but also accept gender bending and role-crossing according to individual capacities and preferences. Binary model of gender - cultural definitions of gender that include only two. Gender ideology - a complex set of beliefs about gender and gendered capactieis, identities - male and female propensities, preferences, identities and socially expected behaviours and interactions that apply to males, females, and other gender categories. Gender ideology can differ among cultures and is acquired thru enculturation. Also known as a cultural model of gender. Biological determinism - a theory that biological differences b/w males and females lead to fundamentally diff capacities, preferences, and gendered behaviours. This scientifically unsupported view suggests that gender roles are rooted in bio, not culture. Theory that males and females were supposedly born fundamentally diff reproductively and in other major capacities and preferences and are. Fathers can sometimes produce breast milk in present-day central african.