SOC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Gender Inequality, Hegemonic Masculinity, Sexual Script Theory

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1200
• Professor: Kandrack Mary- Anne

Document Summary

Starting off - single chinese woman unwanted after 27. They want to stay single - focus on career. Women are more likely to go to university. The difference between sex roles and gender roles. Roles men and women are expected to fill vary from one society to another. Gender - social expectations of behaviour and appearance that we identify as being masculine Sex - biological characteristics that define a person as male or female or feminine Sex is assigned at birth and can be changed by surgery. Gender is product of social construction - and can change over time: the expectations of what it means to be male or female is defined by the society. Sexuality - expression of sexual desire - socially constructed: the result of complex interaction between biological, chemical, psychological, cultural, and social factors. We put pressure that males should mate with females.