SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: American Psychiatric Association, Queer Theory, Symbolic Interactionism
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Various legislation (ie. canadian charter of rights and freedom, canadian human. People"s beliefs about appropriate gender roles have evolved as women"s and men"s lives have changed. Younger and single men tend to be more egalitarian than older and married men. Increase and surpass men in rates of college graduation. Discrimination of genders in employment and education became illegal. Most young men and women want a committed relationship who would share paid work and family caretaking equitably. However, have deep and realistic fears placing their ideal scenarios out of reach due to: Doing gender (candace west & don zimmerman): the often unconscious activity of managing one" conduct in a way that is generally consistent with what is considered appropriate to one"s sex category. Sex: not something just innate,something we instinctively know; it is something we learn about as we grow into adulthood. Sex and gender through the prism of difference.
