SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gershon, Polyamory, Bisexuality
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Doctorates, professional degrees in law, medicine, business. Most young men and women are interested in finding a partner sharing paid work and family care taking equitably (what is ideal/what we hope for) Understand that it might not be realistic - need to be compromised/difficult to reach full equitable distribution (what is real) West and zimmerman ("87): doing gender: actively but unconsciously acting and presenting gender in a day-to-day life (what is generally considered appropriate to sex"s category) - underlying gender expectations/pressures. Not just innate, but something we learn - cultural context. Identification as heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, other based on emotional and sexual attractions, relationships, self-identity, lifestyle. Bisexuals: attracted to both sexes (+ transgender = added to form glbt in late 90s -> replaced by lgbt in mid 2000s) Gay refers to male homosexual - emerged in "40"s and 50"s -> both men and women. Lesbian refers to female homosexual - "60"s and 70"s.
