SOSC 1185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sigmund Freud

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1185
• Professor: Lee Wiggins

Document Summary

Gender stereotypes dominant ideology and social or social organization of power and privledge: problematizing emphasis on natural" differences between men and woman. Problematizing: the process of making problematic an idea that has been accepted, taken for granted, seen as natural" and part of the dominant ideology. Gender as social construction (gender stereotypes and gender ideology) Topic is a basis for the course to think critically woman and society"; a lense" of viewing the world. When we problematize we are making the familiar unfamiliar or vice versa, making the choices behind the idea visible. Develop viable alternatives, allows us to be conscious and allows us to become aware to gender stereotypes and etc. Challenge our own ideas and views of the world. It allows us to remember groups are socially constructed and makes us recognize that many people belong to different groups and acknowledges everyone"s differences. Key concepts: sex a person"s biological status.