SOC365H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Jeff Lorber, Grammatical Gender, Sex Assignment
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Sex assignment gender identity gender roles sexual orientation (penis: male) (vagina: female) Only permits 2 genders doesn"t present the possibility of more genders society institutions: (social/political) family religion government court culture master statuses. All aspects of society interact with gender to produce different outcomes. There is no objective reality outside of social life west & zimmerman. Theoretical approach that sees life as a theatre of which we play our respective parts. For goffman gender is theatrical and we all play a role sex assignment gender identity gender role sexual orientation. We are all involved in displaying specific gender roles in order to cue our sexual. We behave in masculine and feminine ways to let others know what our sex is. Displays of scheduled performances (men paying for dinner, holding the door assignment to the audience that"s watching us open ) gender is omni relevant. Constantly being scrutinized for out gender or sex.
