SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Day Care, Social Inequality, Hidden Curriculum
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Sy101 - lecture 7 - agents of socialization. Key ways in which canadian society channels behaviours. Allowing different attitudes and behaviours from us because we are male or female we often aren"t even aware of it. By expecting different attitudes and behaviours, the social group nudges boys and girls in separate directions in life. Socially constructed system of classification that ascribes qualities of masculinity and femininity to people. Gender roles can change over time; differ between cultures. One"s sense of self as masculine or feminine regardless of external genitalia. Gender is often confused with sex (inaccurate because sex refers to bodies and gender refers to socially accepted/demanded role expression linked to sex) Often unconsciously indoctrinating us into this symbolically divided world part of the taken-for-granted reality. Gender roles: behaviours and attitudes considered appropriate for our sex. Forms of communication directed to large audiences, create and reinforce cultural expectations of gender.
