GENDER AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUC Flashcards
(35 cards)
how people see “reality” or how they react to it or response to any social situation attributed if not entirely by one’s gender
Social construction
the repetitious performance of “male” and “female”
Social norms
gender is interactional rather than individual
Social interactions
day-to-day interaction reinforce gender as
opposites.
Process
men as group have more status and power than women as a group.
Stratification
gender divides work in the home and economic production.
Structure
expectations regarding proper behavior,
attitudes, and activities of male and female.
GENDER ROLES
is the construction of socialization process and it is the extension of patriarchal ideology.
GENDER BIAS
Gender bias is commonly considered
to be ____________
discrimination and/or hatred
Gender exist in society which is expected to promote social stability and shared public values
FUNCTIONALISM
Focuses on micro-level everyday interactions that produce and challenge gender as we know it.
SYMBOLIC INTERACTION THEORY
- Society is a struggle
for dominance among
social groups that
compare for scarce
resources. - Feminist theory -
examines
inequalities in
gender-related
issues
CONFLICT THEORY
was developed in the 1980’s as an
alternative to the Women in Development (WID) approach.
Gender and Development
Republic Act No. 9710, otherwise known as the________ approved on August 14, 2009
Magna Carta of Women
Most important universal institution
Nature and Notion of family
to have sexual relationship to have a family of our own.
Reproductive urge
sexual urge varies according to age.
Biological needs
Child is dependent of the family
Economic provision
family is everywhere
Universality
love, affection, sympathy and co-operation
Emotional basis
orientation and procreations
Formative influence
society is an aggregation of families.
Nuclear positionin the society
provide needs of the children
Sense of responsibility
damily is amechanism of social control
Social control
