SOC366H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sexual Differentiation, Devaluation, Signify
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The distinction between market and nonmarket work is a by-product of industrialization. For most of history, people did not see work as separate from the rest of their lives: only with industrialization and the development of capitalism was work equated with paid activity. Sex and gender: biological sex depends on a person"s chromosomes and is expressed in reproductive organs and hormones. Gender, in contrast, refers to a classification that social actors construct that typically exaggerates the differences between females and males. Sex differentiation: classifying people into categories based on their sex is called sex differentiation sex differentiation is usually part of a system of sex inequality a sex-gender hierarchy that generally favors males over females. Gender differentiation: gender differentiation refers to the social processes that create and exaggerate biological differences. Gender differentiation also distinguishes activities, interests, and places as either male or female. sex differentiation and gender differentiation ensure that females differ from males in readily noticeable ways.
