BIOL 1001 Chapter : Chapter 14 Student Outline
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3/23/2015 6:47:00 pm: socially constructed differences between females and males, it is learned, based on cultural experiences. You can be born a man (your sex) but your gender (how you identify yourself) can be a female. Gender roles: attitudes and activities that are appropriate for each sex, if you do anything outside these norms you risk judgment. Gender identity: perception as a male or female, you can be born a woman, your sex, but can be identified as a male. Stereotypes: expectations on how people will act, look, think feel, based on their sex. Sexism: belief that one sex is superior to the other, usually towards females, social organization in which males dominate females. Doing gender; the way we act, talk, etc. How do we do femininity: infantilizing women, posing in girlish ways, sexualizing girlishness, association with dieting and femininity. How do we do masculinity: how they sit, etc.
