Week 11 Flashcards
What is sex?
Biological {anatomical differences between females and males
What does stein say about sexual orientation?
A persons sexual orientation is only one small part of his or her sexual preference
Heteronormativity
Accepts heterosexuality as the only normal sexuality
and assumes that there is a natural alignment in people between their sex, gender identity, gender roses, and sexuality.
What does butler think about the categories of heterosexual and homosexual
They are used to constrain and control people
Binary thinking
The need to look at sex and sexual orientation as a continuum, not just as either or category
Gender
A social distinction based on culturally conceived and learned ideas about what is appropriate behaviour + appearance for males and females
Patriarchy
Refers to the institutions, practices and ideologies that have created and legitimized women’s subordination to men
What did Fredrick Engels say about where gender inequality emerged?
Argued that gender inequalities and patriarchal ideology emerged in agricultural societies
According to Engels, what did the emergence of private property read to?
Monogamous marriage and the emergence of the family
What did the emergence of religion and state as a social institution lead to?
To the rise of patriarchal order and the subordination of women to men.
Structural functionalist on gender inequality
Argue that men + women perform separate and complementary functions and roles that benefit society
What roles are women+ men expected to fill? (SF)
Women → -expressive
men → instrumental
Tailot parsons (SF)
Family
Argued family is an essential social institution which is essential for the stability of the while system.
Conflict perspective on gender inequality
The source of gender inequality is the male monopoly of power
Engels (cp)
Capitalism
Capitalism intensified male domination
Social feminism
Combines Marxist and feminist insights
Interactions sociology
Challenges determinism
Does not consider sexual activities or body parts as inherently sexual
Gagnon + Simon (is)
Argue what makes certain body parts as sexual depends on the societal context
Matrix of domination
Refers to the compounded effects of gender, race class, and ethnicity, age, or disability.
Sexual orientation
Preference for relationships
Queer theory
Questions heteronormativity
Where do we learn gender appropriate remover?
Through the socialization process
