SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jennifer Baumgardner, Glass Ceiling, Equal Pay For Equal Work
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Nov 20th lecture 9 gender caron. Virtually everything social in our lives in gendered. People continually distinguish between males and females and evaluate them differently. Gender is an integral part of the daily experiences of both women and men. Boys and girls are not identical at birth genetic and hormonal differences do launch males and females down somewhat different developmental paths. However, early experiences and learning permanen most sex differences start out small they are quickly amplified by our gender infused culture. A concept used by neurologists to explain why experience (i. e. learning) regularly changes brain structure and function. You brain is what you do with it. Every task you spend time on reading, running, laughing, calculating, debating, watching. Tv, folding laundry, mowing grass, singing, crying, kissing, and so on reinforces active brain circuits at the expense of other inactive ones. Sociologists use the terms sex and gender to distinguish biological sex identity from learned gender roles.
