SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Trans-Cultural Diffusion, Social System
18 Apr 2016
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Stratification: most work on gender explores how gender is an important basis on. Women earn about a quarter less than men. Women are unrepresented in positions of authority o. As such, canada has relatively low inequalities, but gender inequalities are still present o. 26% of mps are women (although nearly half of ministers) There are two different explanations of wide-spread gender inequalities. Biological: the biological perspective suggests that the greater physical strength and aggressiveness of men allow them to dominate o. Suggests domination is based on the physical prowess of men and their greater aggression. Strength: helps explain why gender inequality is normal. Weakness: can"t explain variation in gender inequality o. Sociological perspective: socialization and social relations are the main causes of gender inequities. Strength: helps explain variation in inequality between sweden and afghanistan. Weakness: a more difficult time explaining why gender inequality so widespread. Sociologists deal with this weakness in one of two ways: o o.
