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Theory the men are from mars and women are from venus. They are complete opposites and show universal gender differences
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Interplanetary theory of gender differences
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Not meant to just explain classification among males and females but to explain inequality (hierarchy)
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Gender
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Regarding the questions:
(1) why do society differentiate people through the use of gender? (2) Why is it that in most societies, male tends to be on top? Two schools of thought that came out of this |
Biological determinism
differentiation socialization |
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Refers to the catelouge of anatomical, hormonal, chemical, and physical differences between women and men.
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Sex differences
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Refers to the biologicalness - chromo, chemical, anatomy (male and female)
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Sex
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Refers to the meanings that are attached to those differences within a culture (feminity and masculinity)
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Gender
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Similarities between the two school of thoughts x2
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(1) they see men and women as different from one another
-they see the differences BETWEEN men and women are more worth to explore thand differences AMONG me and AMONG females. (interplanetary theory) (2) Difference causes domination |
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Sees the expression and organization of gender as the result of historsy and cultural change, socialization of individuals and continuous interplay gendered individuals/institution (more malleous and variable)
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Social constructionism
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What gender is considered invisible?
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Men
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Invisibility is a ___ (eg. white people have the luxury to not think about race and men have the luxury to not think about gender everyday of their life)
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Priviledge
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Men, like white people, become defensive when put up againist racism and sexism
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Invisibility of privledge
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What is the one form of masculinity that reigns supreme?
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Hegemonic defi.
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Upheld as the model - defined againist both women, boys, gays, etc.
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Hegemonic
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A theory developed by R.W connel to explain male gender ideology. There may be many versions of masulinity but one is worthy and the other masulinitiy ares just subordinates. Dominance and competition is necessary
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Hegemonic masculinity
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RW connell's model of female gender ideology ; which asserts that feminity is displayed as compliance with gender inequality and is oriented to accomodating the interess and desires of men
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Emphasized feminity
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