Midterm Flashcards
(38 cards)
Sociological difference between sex and gender -
Sex- physical attributes that make you man or women
Gender- structured, process, between male & female
Biological argument regards to sex and gender-
States physical characteristics play role in our gender
Ways gender social structure -
Gender modern social institutions to construct women to be subordinate of men
Key elements to gender as social institution (3 Ex)
1) As process - “do” gender
2) As stratification system - social categories are status ranked
3) A structure - institutions ranked around social categories
Biological determinist model:
Social inequality result of innate biological differences
Ex: if biological determinism -
Biological difference = different gender roles
Social constructionist model:
Process where meaning created thru shared interpretation
Ex: of idea of social constructionist model -
Gender is fluid, “doing gender”
“Dueling Duelisms” and Ex:
Binary oppositions
Ex: Nature/Nurture, Gender/Sex
Problems with “Duel Dualism” -
- Limits understanding of sex, gender, sexuality
- Can’t just be one or the other
Case of Caster Semenya, what’s it demonstrate about gender/sexuality?
-Desire to categorize everything, gender is challenged even w/in ourselves
Main take-away from Semenya and Sterling case -
-Gender is also internally driven, not just society/hormones
Meaning of “Our bodies are sites for gender” -
Routine gender performances establish hierarchies and social relations
Ex: of “bodies are site for gender”-
1) girls wearing dresses playground - restricted physical space, teach each other how to “act”
2) boys sitting on floor, encourage each other to “take up more space”
Embodiment:
Social process, individuals actively developing bodies as objects and agents of practice
Hidden Curriculum Argument:
Invisible lessons w/in schools that coexist w/ formal (written down) lessons
Key ideas of Hidden Curriculum -
1) invisible, more effective than “school” curriculum
2) means if social control/domination
3) reproduces inequalities of class, race, gender
Additive Model -
Race + Class + Gender = Experience
Problem w/ Additive Model -
-Doesn’t always connect w/ lived realities, ppl occupy multiple marginalized status
Understanding race and gender as social structures -
-Gender/race categorized; treated different but NO biological difference
Intersectionality:
Framework, emphasizes intersection is social locations (Ex. Race, gender, class)
Benefit of intersectional perspective -
- Understand multiple identities
- improve behavior, understanding
“Invisible knapsack”:
-invisible package of unearned assets, one cashed out, meant to be oblivious
Privilege:
Advantage over someone, invisible to those who have it
