SA 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Masculinity, Squaw, Hegemonic Masculinity

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Suzanna Crage

Document Summary

Sex: the biological division into male and female. The biological differenced between boys/men as opposed to the sociological differences. Gender: the parallel and socially unequal division into femininity and masculinity . Refers to the roles and characteristics society assigns to women and men . Carries with its notions of men and women"s inequality (sex is what you"re born with but gender is how you choose to see yourself, and how you live your life) Gender role: set of attitudes and expectations concerning behaviour that relates to being male and female. A part we"re assigned at birth based on our sex. How we play it reflects what we understand about what it means to act as a female or male. Gender roles differ across cultures specific expectation society holds. Beatrice kachuck in feminist social theories: theme and variations. Feminist liberalism: involves working towards ay equity for women.