SOC265H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Role Theory
Document Summary
Sex role theory, pgs 47-54 in gender & power [in coursepack] This article talks about the sex role theory and the way it plays a huge role in every society in shaping its rules and norms. The author elaborates on how the sex role theory makes a society work in an organized manner such as that of a play and the relationship between the people, their positions and their behaviours. The author also mentions how the role theory puts stereotypical expectations on individuals in some societies and traps them into it. His main point in this article is that sex role theory is not definite and can be seen changing through out the history. For me this interprets as that the sex role theory is not authentic because any authentic theory is bound to remain the same as the time progresses.
