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Sex
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Asecribed by biology, anatomy
socially agreed upon biological criteria for classification. |
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Placement in a sex category is achieved by application of biological criteria but in everyday life, categorization is established by ??
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Social identification displays. therefore, its possible to claim membership in a sex category withotu biological sex criteria.
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Sex is the ??? category by which people classify others
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Primary category
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Gender
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An achieved status - constructed through psychological, cultural, and social means
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Traditionally believed gender was ?? by the age of 5
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Believed gender was fixed by the age of 5 but now it is much more flexible
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Gender is a managed conduct. Expand.
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Its a managed conduct that reflects normative conceptions of attitudes and acitivties appropriate for ones sex category.
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What is a situated identity and what is an example of one?
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Roles are situated identities.
- identities taken on (or not) depending on the situation one is in ex. student, professor, doctor, nurse |
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What is a master identity and what is an example of one?
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Sex categories are master identities as it cuts across sitautions. doesnt matter!
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Does gender have a situational context? explain.
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Gender has NO situational context. Therefore, gender is not a role or set of traits but rater the product of social doings.
Gender = costituted through interaction. may seem natural but its socially constructed. |
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Who is involved in the "doing" of gender?
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- Individuals "do"
- but the "doing" is carried out in the presence of others who are oriented to its production - gender is both an outcome and cause of social arrangements |
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What does "doing gender" involve using?
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Well-defined bundles of behaviour that can be used in various situations to produce recognizable acting of masculine or feminine.
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Gender and Accountability ( Liability)
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- our actions are socially scrutinized
- so, we think about how our actions may be judged by others - sometimes to "do" gender, we engage in behaviour at the risk of gender assessment (non-normative) |
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How do we learn to do gender? (3 ways)
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1) sex role socialization
-boys socialized to affect their environment through skill and strength -girls taught to value appearance -rewareded for being "male" or "female" 2) social sgregation ex. segregated pbulic bathrooms, organized sports 3) assortative mating -selective pairing is normatively creating gender differences ex. men = bigger, taller, older |
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Doing gender makes social arrangements based on sex categorization ???
Dominance/subordination seen as due to |
Normal.
natural differences |
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However, we are ???? and ??? based on gender dispalys
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We are trained to behave different and behave towards others different based on gender displays
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