SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nuclear Family, Feminist Movement, Operant Conditioning
11 Jan 2016
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Often seen as a binary construction (only 2) Male and female understood as two mutually exclusive categories. Intersexed individuals: those born with ambiguous genetalia and/or chromosomes. Still not sure about how to define these terms. Example: germany does now allow a third gender category on birth certificates. Gender socially constructed characteristics associated with men & women. How we think about gender is constantly changing throughout history. Transgender: a range of people who do not fit the normative construction of sex/gender. Our understanding of biology is shaped by gender. Example: sperm as aggressive vs. egg as passive. Helps to assign roles for men and women. A normative ideal of masculinity (what is considered as an ideal man) Aggressiveness, control, strength, ambition, not valuing women (or anyone who doesn"t fit the mold) They feel the need to fit in the mold of what is expected as a man b)
