SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Margaret Mead, Gender Role, Arapesh Languages
29 Mar 2016
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Gender difereniaion irst quesion asked when a baby is born. Gender socializaion: gender roles aitude that are appropriate for each sex, girl does girl things, gender idenity one"s percepion of their selves as male or female and behave accordingly. The choice of what we wear is taught by gender, a male wearing a skirt. The way we dress is gender: gender stereotypes men and women are diferent in terms of behaviors, atributes, natural diferences. Raional, dominant, independent, don"t care for their appearance. Biological diferences include the diferent body, men with more muscular. Reasoned against male and female diferences, gender is cultural and varies against culture. Three socieies in new guinea: found a diferent patern of male and female expectaions and behaviors. Arapesh: both gender was responsive, so-operaive, gentle and sensiive to others (our socieies females characterizes) when wife was giving birth, husband lade beside her with sympathy pains. Mundugumor: both genders were selish, violent and aggressive, seeking power and posiion.
