SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Social Exchange Theory, Ethnocentrism, Femininity
2 Jul 2016
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Australian couple dressing their child in pink and blue different days of the week. Biologically rooted; describes our physical bodies whereby distinguish between male and female. Socially constructed characteristics associated with girls and boys, men and women. Transgender has been used as an umbrella term for those who do not fit into normative constructions of sex and gender. Transsexual used to encompass those who undergo sex reassignment (realignment) surgery. Ideal of masculinity that men are supposed to strive to achieve. Requires men to be successful, capable, and reliable. Based on women"s compliance with their subordination to men. Requires women to be supportive, enthusiastic and sexually attractive. Damsal in distress, women need to be saved. Parents spend more time talking to girls while leaving boys alone: punish their sons more often than daughters. Hidden curriculum; girls learn that they are not as important as boys. Teaches interact with boys more than girls in the classroom.
