FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kathoey, Administrative Assistant, Role Conflict

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Ruth Neustifter

Document Summary

Before a child is born the irst thing people ask is if it is a boy or girl; inluences shopping choices (looking at boy/ girl secion) On daing cites, women do not have to pay for the services which portrays women as products. In religion and culture, it dictates how men and women should act. Sex: biological characterisics of males and females, biological atributes of humans and animals including physical features, chromosomes, gene expression, hormones and anatomy. Gender: social aitudes and behaviours of males and females, socially constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and ideniies of girls, women, boys, men and gender diverse people. Overall message is that all of these things happen on a coninuum, Role: behaviour associated with someone who holds a paricular status. Gender role: behaviour expected of a female or male in a paricular culture. Sex role: behaviour deined by biological constraints. How to give a man a hug: a.