SOC 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Naimans, Main Source, Biological Determinism
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Which of the 3 theories is most popular & why: biological determinism, two-realms theory, post-structural theory. Might tend to identify better with other theories b/c this might provoke personal disruption in how we understand ourselves. Depends on what you/parents/family have believed in. On average women earn 69% of the income earned by men (2009). When we look at the university educated women, it is slightly lower than 63% (2007). Women are the dominant workers in fields of health, care-based, education, clerical, & service positions: parental functions with lower ages/levels of education. Globally, the majority of people living in poverty are women. Women still do most of the (unpaid) domestic work, regardless of employment status. Soc104 - week 12 - gender & inequality cont. The sexed body is socially constructed in 2 related ways: 1. The categories of male & female are socially constructed (where we draw the lines: 2.
