SOC 656 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Talcott Parsons, Born Naked, Gender Binary

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 656
• Professor: Janna Eggebeen

Document Summary

Lecture 5: "you are born naked and the rest is drag" gender & sexuality. Societies are structured in a way they regular concepts of gender and sexuality. Fashion contributes to the social construction of gender: violation of gender norms is most frequently seen in fashion, social dimensions of gender & sexual identity. Sexual orientation is the sex you are attracted to. In the past they were considered fix: usually socially influenced. In children, sexual identity is not usually fixed until the age between 7 and 9: gender and gender identity. Social power is the potential that one has to influence another"s behaviour. Gender, sexuality, and sexual identity in fashion history. In the ancient world, there was not a lot of difference in dress between men and women. In history, nudity was perfection: sexual attention of the hidden body part creates an allure, over time different body parts have been emphasized, sexually-coded dress, much of fashion operates as a code system.