SOCI 102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pink-Collar Worker, Human Sexuality, Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

• School: UBC
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 102
• Professor: Catherine Corrigall- Brown

Document Summary

Sex: biological identity and can be divided into the main categories of male and female. Gender: social concept referring to the entire array of social patterns associated w/ men and women in society. Similar to difference b/w race and ethnicity. Sex is based on perceived biological differences (physical) Gender is rooted in social and cultural constructions and distinctions (internal-social) Physical differences do not explain gender-based social disparities. The way we expect men and women to act ( masculine & feminine behaviour) is socially constructed. There are problems of thinking of sex as dichotomy (only as male and female) Middlesex categories: some societies are composed of 3 genders - men, women, and a third group that is variously named. (e. g; biological males who perform social roles of women male women , South african and american-indian societies have manly hearted women - women who perform social role of men)