SY101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Computer Science, Mass Media, Plastic Surgery
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Key way in which canadian society channels behaviours. Santioning different attitudes and behaviours from us because we are male or female we often aren"t even aware of it. By expecting different attitudes and behaviours because of being male or female, the social group nudges boys and girls in separate directions in life. Socially constructed system of classi cation that ascribes qualities of masculinity and femininity to people. > gender roles can change over time and are different between cultures. One"s sense of self as masculine or feminine regardless of external genitalia. > gender is often confused with sex- inaccurate because sex refers to bodies and gender refers to social accepted/ demanded role expression linked to sex. Often unconsciously indoctrinating us into this symbolically divide world part of the taken for granted" reality. Gender roles: behaviours and attitudes considered appropriate for our sex.
