SOSC 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Intersectionality, Private Sphere, Devaluation
Document Summary
Gender is an important concern in international migration. Gender is affected differently for men and women & women are disadvantaged. Gender intersects with class and race to shape people"s experience. Social phenomena appears naturally when it comes to race, class and gender. Behaviours, roles and experiences that are socially constructed. Appears natural but it is really not. *transgendered are not accepted by people because they don"t conform on who they are. Gender relations are linked to canada"s nation-building construction. Common sense tells us that male & female features are natural. Gender changes historically in culture and doesn"t stay the same. Gender is also a ranking of a role and when you rank, it means power ex. Case study: the historical construction of gender roles in the. Industrial revolution is not only brought a major transformation (technology) but it also transformed the relationship of production and reproduction.
