SOCI 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Feminist Theory, White Supremacy, European Canadian

• School: York University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1010
• Professor: Radhika Mongia

Document Summary

Objective: to undo or denaturalize the body (not a fact of natureit is not natural) 1: develop the framework of social construction, determine how the body is positioned in systems of social inequality. These topics, which are important in canada might not be as important in other locales. Race and racialization might not be important to other areas such as japan. There would be other things that characterizes the forms of inequality. Agency: notion that individuals have the ability to alter their actions. Structure: network of constraints/opportunities that influence human behaviour the group located in the position. ^-majority is the group located in the most structural advantage. Women: minority in social context but majority in numbers minority: group that lacks social power, distinct from the majority. Human species is divided into various racial groups, which are evident in sight-this is part of the natural world.