ENG 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Margaret Mead, Gender Role, Gender Identity
12 Jun 2016
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Gender roles - social and behavioral norms that are generally considered appropriate for either a man or a woman. Gender identity - one"s perception of the self as male or female. Men: strong, rational, dominant, independent, don"t care for (their own) appearance. Women: weak, emotional, nurturing, dependent, care for (their own) appearance. Studied 3 different tribes, found different patterns of male and female behaviours. All different from those found in the us. Both genders were responsive, co-operative, gentle and sensitive to others. Females were dominant, impersonal, rational, take sexual initiative. Males were submissive, more nurturing towards children, more emotionally dependent, less responsible. Biological and anatomical differences between males and females. Culturally and socially constructed differences between males and females found in the meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with femininity and masculinity. Subordination of one sex, usually female, based on the assumed superiority of the other sex. In norwegian, the one word, kjonn, is used for both sex and gender.
