SOCI 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Heteronormativity, Heterosexuality, Deinstitutionalisation
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Changes in norms surrounding sexuality: ex. Rise in transgender and gay relationships: redefinition of normal (kinsy) sex before marriage. Classic studies (kinsey: let"s look at what most people do as normal. Heteronormativity: his or her towel example for marriage, have to come out if gay but not if straight. Heterosexual privilege: being able to hold hands with someone without someone looking at you oddly (privileges of heterosexuality, can visit a loved one or children at daycare. Two main parts: categorize experience, act on the basis of those categories, forest social origins of categories, seem natural/unchanging. If people define situations as real, then they are real in their consequences: social construction and prejudice. Social construction of prejudice: robbers cave experiment. Essentialism: race is essential part of who you are and it"s unchanging. White privilege irish only on saint patricks day. 2005 legalizaiion of gay marriage in canada.
