SOSC 1185 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dominant Ideology, Gender Binary, Gender Role
18 Nov 2018
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Dominant ideology: the values, beliefs shared by the majority of the people in a given society. Shows how the majority of the population think about the nature of their society, and therefore it serves the interests of the ruling class. Significance: it is significant because the dominant ideology is created based on how women in our society today are oppressed. It helps to maintain the status quo and to keep/reproduce a particular set of power and status relations such as the binary sex/gender system and it tends to be resistant to change. Gender stereotypes: are simplistic generalizations about the gender attributes, differences, and roles of individuals and/or groups. Stereotypes can be positive or negative, but they rarely communicate accurate information about others. When people automatically apply gender assumptions to others regardless of evidence to the contrary, they are perpetuating gender stereotyping. Many people recognize the dangers of gender stereotyping; yet continue to make these types of generalizations.
