Sex Roles Flashcards
Males and females are socialised into different ‘roles’.
Males are encouraged to be…
Tough
Aggressive
Dominant
(INSTRUMENTAL)
Males and females are socialised into different ‘roles’
Females are encouraged to be:
Caring
Passive
(EXPRESSIVE)
Violence has masculine connotations, thus girls…
Avoid it and boys are more delinquent
Problems with sex roles
Studies have found more differences within same sex groups rather than…
Between the sexes
Problems with sex roles
Ignores…
Power relations
Problems with sex roles
Rigid normative…
Boundaries
Problems with sex roles
Socialisation as an explanation = inadequate
We are simply passive…
Recipients
Problems with sex roles
Masculinity = individual possession, divorced from…
Social structure
Feminist’s challenge to sex role theory
Launched an attack on ‘sex roles’ and…
Evolutionary psychology
Feminist’s challenge to sex role theory
Assumed link to biology critiqued and emphasised …
Gender
Feminist’s challenge to sex role theory
Gender relations, inequalities & power differentials = wider social structures, not…
Personality traits
Feminist’s challenge to sex role theory
Earlier theories simply reproduced gender stereotypes (Smart, Adler). Did not ask…
Why/how male/female differences
