SOC 001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: The Beauty Myth, Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Eating Disorder
20 Aug 2020
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What are some gender characteristics: male, female. Multiple meanings of manhood and womanhood: vary by time, country, race, class, etc. George murdock"s research: what it means to be male or female is mostly a creating of society. Is it a boy or girl: color coding gender. Handling of children: female: passivity and emotion, male: independent. Women are more often secondary sexual interest or in supporting roles as wives, assistants, and secretaries. Advertising: women- at home cleaning or cooking, men- most voiceovers- industrial company ads. The beauty myth : measuring worth according to physical appearance. The body type portrayed in adverting as the ideal is posseted naturally by on 5% of. 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some time in their life. Median oay for men working full time -> ,398. Median pay for women -> ,791 or 77% as much.
