gender identity Flashcards
hakim
ann oakley
gender roll socailisation(liberal feminist)
cannalisation -steering towards certin actvities based on gender
manipulation-incentivising or discouraging certain behaviour based on gender.eg praising girl for being pretty and boys for being strong 💪
verbal appilation-priness or sweetheart
what is gender?
gender are the chractersistics associated with someone’s sex.gender norms and identity are developed through agents of socialisation such a the media and the family .what is defined as masculine or feminine is relative according to place(culture )and time.functionality’s seen gender as something that is normal and natural as opposed to feminists who see it as something that is constructed maintaining the patriarchy/male dominance in society
feminity
feminity seen as based of of masculinity and the needs of men
and beaujouin
Women especially among the middle class are increasingly focused on academic attainment and careers as opposed to motherhood /childbearing.as a result they delay getting Married and starting families in order to pursue individual aspirations.
Cornell
Hegemonic/dominant masculinity
The new man
Study by Cornell which refers to a middle class men becoming increasing respondent to woman and children and who believe that men and women should have an equal role in the family contributing economically and in terms of childcare/domestic labour.
Gershung
Lagged adaptation-explain why women role is the family is more holistic.as they now participate in payed employment and domestic work compared to men who predominantly contribute economically.
As a result of changing attitudes taking time
crisis of masculinity?
lees
girls police each others behaviour,two ensure that their conforming to ideas surround femininity>
such as chastity