SOC345H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ethnocentrism, Gender Role, Juvenile Delinquency
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Lecture 2: the basics: the social construction of. Retrace history of sex and gender as a binary. Masculinity rooted in the body was the previous belief. Pascoe and bridges talk about when you look closer at sex, it is complex. Regardless of what body looks like, identity can be masculine or feminine: move from binary understanding, to having a gendered identity that is not related to body. A stable society is ideal, complimentary = expressive and instrumental: expressive role belongs to women, nurturing, expressive, warm, affectionate. Instrumental role belongs to men, dominant personalities, material tangible thingsxpectat. Grounded rationality that extends into other spheres as well. Two roles for people: instrumental or expressive. Limitations of theory, not critical of role, not presented with alternative way of thinking, preliminary critique of sex role theory. Male and female binary, two options and a line between them. Parson"s work is normative, reflective of the time that he was writing in.
