SOC359H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gender Pay Gap, Pierre Bourdieu
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It gives you the opportunity to identify yourself. Gives you an option that is different than your sex. She has high testosterone levels in comparison to other female athletes and because of gender social construct, she may be viewed as a woman with a higher advantage. Testosterone exists in males and because males are at times viewed as stronger or faster and superior to women, and some may say she"s a faster or stronger female athlete because of the testosterone levels. Habitus is durable, transposable dispositions that function to organize practices and perceptions of practices.
