SOC362H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jared Diamond, Occupational Segregation, Sex Segregation
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Existence, variation, and remedies: why do we have a variation, how do we fix it? (remedies, how do we eliminate gender discrimination? o. Focuses on two grouped causes: biological explanations, cannot be caused by other factors, chromosome, genetic, how does this lead to gender discrimination, what does biology has an effect on gender discrimination? o, social causes o. Three criteria: how valid is it to link biological to gender differences. Can we get a remedy for gender discrimination (does not give us a remedy) Inequality exists because men are bigger and stronger: males dominated because they have more physical strength. This domination became a natural accepted part of tribal life. (i. e. males hunt) Competition with scarce resources (if you are bigger then you will get access to more food) Problem #1: we can find matriarchal cultures (society in which women dominate even if they are physically smaller) Problem #2: does not explain variations over time.
