Sociological Perspective on Gender

Development of scientific disciplines

leads to a desire to monitor and categorize people and behavior.

Patricia Hill Collins

(1990) notes that black women face unique oppressions that white women do not.

Females

are feminine because they have two x chromosomes.

Gender

is only one aspect by which people can be marginalized.

Western societies men

and women are naturally and unequivocally defined categories of being.

Kimmel

(2000) argues that masculinity is defined primarily by its opposition to femininity.

Bell Hooks

(1984) noted, if womens liberation is aimed at making women the social equals of men, women should first stop and consider which men they would like to equal.

Masculinity

is defined by complete opposition to femininity.

Marriage

was between a man and woman.

Sexuality

is a prime factor into the construction gender.

Michael Kimmel

is a professor at SUNY Albany.

risk

The taking behavior causes a lower life expectancy.

gender binary

Society is built around .

Modern mainstream feminism

is inclusive of men and supportive of a broad range of choices, lifestyles.

Flashback

: hegemony is the idea that those in power use it to convince those without power it is their best interest to do what is actually in the interest of the powerful.

Feminists

draw attention to powerful role gender plays in our daily lives, our social institutions, and society as a whole.

Gender non conformity

is sanctioned by peers, family, etc.,

Homosexual relations

are MUCH better in dividing labor, create healthier situations for spouses and are better at communicating.

ethnic minorities

Women (and racial /) are underrepresented in the leadership positions of corporations.

Gender essentialism

is the idea that women and men are intrinsically different or as the title of the best selling self- help book put it, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.

Gender

has a significant impact on how youre treated by societal institutions and how you can move up those institutions.

females

The attitudes and behaviors we commonly associate with males or .

masculinity

That is, is the absence of femininity.

Gender

is not a fixed identity or role that we take with us into our interactions.