SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Meritocracy, Rationality, Mcdonaldization
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Study shows women or laugh twice as much as men. Men more likely to engage in long monologue and interrupt when others are talking. Involves communicaion among people acing and reacing to one another, either face-to-face or through technology. Laughter: those of higher status (men) get laughs whereas those of lower status (women) laugh. When class is down expected to do something. Classroom norms imposed by instructor; punishing class clown for distracing. Occurs when 2 or more statuses held at the same ime place contradictory role demands on a person. Status set: several sets of expected behaviour or roles. Role set: cluster of roles atached to single status. Wife: inimate companion and legal home owner responsibiliies. Incompaible role demands placed on person in a single status. The act of obeying feeling rules and responding appropriately to situaions (hochschild) Expectaions of what, how much, and how long to feel as well as whom to share the feel with.
