SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Double Burden, Interrupt, Proletariat
16 Dec 2016
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Gender: our basic social identities as men and women are socially constructed rather than based on fixed biological characteristics. First nations people recognized that people could be more than one gender. When we talk about gender, we talk about the socially constructed version of male and female complexity. Gender is culturally specific, of what is considered masculine and feminine. Expectations regarding proper behavior, attitudes and activities of males and females. Gender roles evident in work and in how we react to others. Boys must be masculine, active, tough, daring and dominant. Girls must be feminine, soft, emotional, sweet and submissive. An important element in traditional views of proper masculine and feminine behavior is the fear of homosexuality. Homophobia: a fear of and prejudice against homosexuality. Since stereotypically, being gay is feminine and being a lesbian is masculine. Patterns of gender socialization are not homogeneous, but vary according to the social class to which a person belongs.
