SOSC 1185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Unit, Biological Determinism, Gender Role

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

Document Summary

Unit one: introduction: introduction to the course, main course themes and objectives: Themes: our study of women in canadian society will take a gender-based analysis (gba) Why is this course taking this approach? (hint: look at the welcome message, Gender-based analysis (gba) is a way of always taking gender and other social categories into account. Takes gender into account, seeks to understand significance/relevance of gender to any issue; Recognizes the interests of women (men, trans ) may differ on the basis of their race, class, sexuality, and ability; Considers the role of gender inequalities in structuring experience; Develops strategies to address inequalities and ensure social justice. Iv: gender is socially & historically constructed. 2: gender is a differentiated category concept of intersectionality. Intersectionality: different significant social categories (sex/gender, race/ethnicity, class ) intersect. Not chiefs or leaders, ability to determine chiefs.