SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Symbolic Interactionism, Erving Goffman, Social Relation
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Woman laugh in conversations more than men. Men are less likely to ask for help. Social interaction involves people communicating face-to-face or online, acting and reacting to other people. There are gender differences in social interaction. Status, norms, and roles affect social interaction. Emotion management act of obeying feeling rules and responding appropriately to situations (i. e. we are expected to cry after a breakup) Feminists noticed flaw that emotions are typically involuntary. When people manage emotions they are following a cultural. Russel hochschild is a leader in emotion management. Norms and rules govern our emotional life. Emotion labour emotion management that many people do as part of their job which they are paid in (i. e. teachers) They spend much of their day dealing with others emotions. More women do emotion labour than men. We interact differently towards people with different feelings towards us (i. e. angry, in love, etc. ) Emotions are not as involuntary as people believe.
