SOSC 1185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Unit, Biological Determinism, Intersectionality

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1185
• Professor: Lee Wiggins

Document Summary

Unit one: introduction: introduction to the course, main course themes and objectives: Themes: our study of women in canadian society will take a gender based analysis (gba) Why is this course taking this approach? (hint: look at the welcome (cid:373)essage , (cid:862)a fe(cid:449) (cid:449)ords a(cid:271)out this (cid:272)ourse(cid:863)) Takes gender into account (gender is a way that society categorizes people, in which we get diff expectations, opportunities etc. ), seeks to understand the sig/relevance of gender to any issue. Recognizes that the interests of women (and men, trans) may differ on the basis of their race, class, sexuality, ability, age (perceive women differently based on age) (all these categories intercept with each other) (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t look @ (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) as a ho(cid:373)oge(cid:374)ous (cid:272)ategor(cid:455) Considers role of gender inequalities in structuring experience (gender inequality e. g. gender age gap (women make less than men)) Develops strategies to address inequalities and ensure social justice: gender is socially & historically constructed.