SOC 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Equal Pay For Equal Work, Reproductive Health, Social Control
Document Summary
Themes of living as a young person in the states. Sex stratification: stratification theorist conceptualized stratification by class and by sex as natural : sex is a natural attribute beyond the influence of individuals or soci- ety, structural functionalism was the main theoretical idea in the 40s, 50s, & 60s: stratification: idea that society was stratified from a male perspective. Stratified into different occupations which was good for society. Stratification system was natural and functional (good thing) People compete and the best and most competent should get the better jobs and extended over to sex. Sex differences treated as natural differences between male and female. Still exists a large disparity on how we think about male and fe- male family roles & workplace roles. If the father stays home to look after the kids: men have certain roles and women have different roles. Became a focus of mass movements - attention given to how science was sex- ist.
