Chapter 8 Flashcards
Intersectionality
Gender, class and race all function as mechanisms for producing social inequality
Sex
Biologically rooted
Describes physical bodies
Gender
Socially constructed characteristics associated with women and men
Hegemonic Masculinity
Ideal men are supposed to achieve
Successful, capable, reliable
Heterosexual
Emphasized Femininity
Women’s compliance with their subordination to men
Supportive, enthusiastic, sexual
Reproducing Gender (Family)
Families expectations at birth
Toys and play are gendered
Gender division of household work
Gendered Bodies
How we interpret others bodies are accomplished socially
EX. Plastic surgery normalized
Reproducing Gender (Education)
Hidden Curriculum: girls learn that they are not as important as boys
Praise girls for being nice while boys praised for intelligence
Work-Role Model for Men
- Work from graduation till death
- Jobs should be central focus
- Fulfillment comes through work roles
Gendered Labour Force
Occupations segregated into gendered jobs
Women tend too work part-time
Gendered Wage Gap
Women earn ~89 cents for every dollar earned by men
TWO FACTORS: occupation determines wage, women are concentrated into lower paying jobs
Functionalist Approach to Gender
Women and men perform separate roles to maintain cohesiveness
Well-defined roles reduce conflict
Conflict theory Approach to Gender
Focus on examining gender differences in access to and control of resources
Symbolic Interactionism Approach to Gender
Interesting in the meanings of male and female and of masulinity/femininity
School teach gender-related behaviours
Feminist theory approach to gender
Gender is socially constructed
