Sociology- gender idetites

Question 1

Definition of sex?

Answer 1

The biological differences between males and females.

Question 2

Definition of gender?

Answer 2

The cultural classification of people as masculine or feminine, society lays out these expectations.

Question 3

definition of social constructionism?

Answer 3

when smt is defined by society.

Question 4

definition of feminininty?

Answer 4

Characteristics associated with being a woman affect female behavior these characteristics can be changed/negotiated.

Question 5

Parsons (functionalist)-Traditional gender identities

Answer 5

-‘Instrument roles’ are providers and breadwinners
-‘Expressive role’: women care and look after their home and children.
-Believe men and women have a function in society

Question 6

Oakley- Traditional gender identities

Answer 6

Children are socialised into expectations through manipulation, Canalisation, Verbal appellations, different activities

Question 7

McRobbie-Traditional gender identities

Answer 7

’ Bedroom culture’- girls spend their leisure time with friends in their bedroom.
-Boys are given more freedom than girls, they are more protected.
-‘culture of femininity- friendship and shared culture with girls.

Question 8

Lincoln-Traditional gender identities

Answer 8

-Updated McRobbie’s research.
-Girls are no longer as private because the internet is more common.
-bedroom culture still existed.

Question 9

Nakuamura-Traditional gender identities

Answer 9

media - stereotype women,
discrimination and inequality they face, as the internet has become increasingly more used by women of different ethnic/class backgrounds.

Question 10

Billington-Traditional gender identities

Answer 10

Presents masculinity as dominant and femininity as subordinate.

Question 11

definition of hegemonic femininity

Answer 11

traditional style of femininity with characteristics of being passive, subordinate, and quiet.

Question 12

Ferguson

Answer 12

-‘the cult of femininity’ promotes the idea that excellence is achieved through caring for others.

Question 13

Skelton

Answer 13

-hidden curriculum perpetuates differences in subject choice, and gendered content may reinforce gender expectations.

Question 14

Kelly

Answer 14

Argues that subjects are more patriarchal and male-dominated and that boys dominate science classrooms

Question 15

Colley

Answer 15

Argues that school subject choices are based on perceptions of gender roles, subject preferences, and learning environments.

Question 16

Adkins

Answer 16

coined the phrases horizontal segregation- labor market divided men and women have specific jobs, and vertical segregation- the workforce is split having men at the top of the hierarchy and women at the bottom.

Question 17

MITSOS AND BROWNE

Answer 17

Argued boys and girls are labeled differently. the anti-learning culture socialized boys into gender roles that were distinctly different from girls.

Question 18

Willis

Answer 18

Working-class boys developed an anti-school subculture that prioritized deviance rather than education.

Question 19

sewell

Answer 19

argued Afro-Carribean men who lacked positive male role models expressed and exaggerated from of masculinity. hyper masculinity