SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Bridal Shower, The Bachelor Party, Bachelor Party

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Stephan Larose

Document Summary

Gender is a boundary he does not cross. Gender differentiation: first question we ask when a baby is born is about its gender. According to prevailing gender stereotypes, what characteristics are associated with men? strong rational. There are obvious physical differences between men and women. The male and female bodies do not produce the same hormones and there are different biologically features and processes between the sexes. If gender is based on these biological characteristics then there should only be one gender model for each sex. But if gender is cultural then the model for male and female should differ. To answer this question she observed three societies in new guinea. She found that in: arapesh: both genders were responsive, cooperative, gentle and sensitive to others (what we would consider feminine traits, mundugumor: both genders were typically. Selfish, violent and aggressive, seeking power and position (features that north.