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Gender
American Society
Socialization of
Men & Women
Sex
Gender
the learned behavior involving how we
are expected to act as males and
females in society.
masculinity and femininity are learned
American Society
Sexism
Gender inequality
20thCentury
Goldin(1994)
http://www.queensu.ca/sps/the_policy_forum/distinguished_lectures/the_edmund_clark_distinguished_lecture/labor_
markets_2004Ed.Clark.pdf
Gender inequality
Gender typing affects both
occupation opportunities and
comparative pay
Comparable worth tries to equalize
pay in similar female-dominated and
male-dominated jobs
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf/aat
39.txt
The Functionalist
Perspective
Talcott Parsons
Functionalists argue
The Interactionist
Perspective
Interactionists emphasize
social definitions and symbolic
representations of appropriate behavior
for males and females in trying to
understand sexual inequality.
For example, conversational styles can
reflect and reinforce gender patterns of
dominance and subordination.
American Society
Sociolect Differences:
Dialogues and Styles of Speech
Styles of speech are influenced by many factors such as:
- geographical dimensions (place)
- temporal dimensions (age, time)
- context of situation (the how, when, where, the who
with, the what, under what circumstances)
Influence by gender:
one must consider:
The gender of the speaker
The gender of the hearer
The gender of the audience
The gender of the person referred to or spoken of
Sociolect Differences:
Dialogues and Styles of Speech
Examples/exercise:
A man talks to a man:
Lets get sloshed!
Sociolect Differences:
Dialogues and Styles of Speech
Sociolect Differences:
Dialogues and Styles of Speech
with politeness)
Sociolect Differences:
Dialogues and Styles of Speech
Exercise
Pretend to be the opposite sex than
you are and write a short message to
your boy/girlfriend using
female/male language.
Explain what makes your message
sound like a man/woman.
Agents of Socialization
American Society
Economic Discrimination
Education
Work and the Workplace
Income
Gender Inequality
Involving Males
Myth of Masculinity
American Society
Global Perspective
Collective Action
American Society
Changes in Politics