SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Intersection Theory, Talcott Parsons, Matriarchy
8 Dec 2015
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Gender: personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male language: gendered and works to reproduce the gendered order linguistic sexism: tendency to communicate sexist messages. Gender stratification: unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege b/w men and women. Males: 10% taller, 20% heavier, 30% stronger. Women: outperform men in ultimate game of life (life expectancy = 83. 4, while men = 76. 4) in adolescence: male do a bit better in math, females show stronger verbal skills, but same over intelligence. Neither of sexes naturally superior, but culture can define how it"s different. The israeli kibbutz collective settlements are called kibbutzim kibbutz (singular form) = important setting for research b/c gender equality is one of its goals. Where men and women share most of everyday jobs achieved remarkable, not complete, social equality. Margaret mead"s research studied three societies in new guinea.
