Sociology 1025A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Sex Organ, Gray Asexuality, Gender Binary
11 Sep 2018
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Lecture 7: sex, gender and sexualities: deconstructing dualisms. Gender roles, expressions and identity: gender roles: masculine/hyper masculinity vs. feminine roles, gender binary, gender expression and gender identity, transgender: make biological sex align with gender identity, gender queer/non-binary/gender fluid. Functionalist theories: socialize children + stabilization of adult personalities, males responsible for instrumental tasks, connecting family to outside world, women responsible for expressive tasks. Conflict theories: gender inequality and capitalist economic systems, role of power in creating patterns of power insubordination (norm of male breadwinner) Interactionist theories: understanding of gender through interactions due to families, and through gender displays. Instead of equality, women must attain liberation, not being disadvantaged because they are female: liberal: inequalities come from differential opportunities. Post modern theories: question very notion of gender. Lecture 8: race and ethnicity: defining ourselves and others. Race vs ethnicity: race: superficial physical differences that a particular society considers significant, ethnicity: shared culture, practices, values and beliefs in a group.
