SOCIOL 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Intersex, Structural Functionalism, Glass Ceiling
13 Jul 2016
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Feminism- a consciousness-raising movement to get people to understand that gender is an organizing principle of life. The underlying belief is that women and men should be accorded equal opportunities and respect. Sex- typically used to describe the biological differences that distinguish males from females. Sexuality- refers to desire, sexual preference, and sexual identity and behavior. Although gender is a social construction, it matters in the real world, organizing our day-to-day experiences and having profound consequences for the life chances of men and women. Gender is ultimately about power struggles and how they organize daily. Contemporary concepts of sex and the paradoxes of gender o. Essentialism- a line of thought that explains social phenomena in terms of natural ones. Hallmarks of essentialism are fixity, lack of history, absolutism, and biological determinism. Biological determinism-a line of though that explains social behavior in terms of who you are in the natural world.
