will be looking at The Social Construction of Gender by Judith Lorber‚ and Getting Off and Getting Intimate: How Normative Institutional Arrangements Structure Black and White Fraternity Men’s Approaches toward Women by Rashawn Ray and Jason A. Rasow. In The Social Construction of Gender‚ the most obvious argument lies within the title of the reading itself‚ Lorber is arguing that gender is a social construct yet still has an effect on people’s lives. One example Lorber gives is that women in Saudi
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and prestige in society. In the article “The Social Construction of Gender” by Judith Lorber examines gender as a process of creating a distinguishable social status in our institutions. The author believes that gender is learned through social interaction and then is acted and reacted‚ when she states‚ “Every day gendered interaction build gender into the family‚ the work process‚ and other organizations and institutions‚ which in turn reinforces gender expectations for individuals. (114).” This demonstrates
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According to Lorber‚ “For the individual‚ gender construction starts with assignment to a sex category on the basis of what the genitalia look like at birth.” (1993: 97) From that point‚ until puberty‚ children are socialized into their prescribed gender roles. However‚ Lorber tell us because there are separate activities socially constructed as feminine or masculine‚ the experiences associated with these activities would all contribute to the social construction of gender (1993). The first evidentiary
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His Day” – Judith Lorber 2. Wikipedia 3. Judith Butler 4. Yahoo 5. http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/ARTH200/ gender.html In order to understand the answer of the above question‚ it is very important to understand what exactly is “Gender” and what a “Social Construct” means. GENDER In a layman’s language‚ Gender is simply the distinction between male and female. However‚ if we look deeper in well‚ we will notice the gender construction starts with
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Everybody in today’s society experiences gender throughout his or her life. However‚ as a female‚ I have personally always been affected by the social construction of gender in my day-to-day life‚ whether I was aware of it or not. Gender is such a prominent aspect of life for everyone that we barely recognize the effect it has on us‚ especially when it’s constructed within our own families. Growing up‚ my parents followed the stereotypical gender roles for my brother and I. From the moment we were
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Response paper to The Social Construction of Gender As a child I was associated as a “stereotypical” girl who loved to dress up and play Barbie Dolls. I also enjoyed going to dance lessons and learning how to bake with my mom. However what I enjoyed most as a child‚ was hanging out with my best friend‚ who also enjoyed the same activities as me. His name was Chris. Chris was different than most of the boys I met as a child. He did not enjoy getting dirty‚ nor did he want to play with monster
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different desires‚ and needs. Gender comes out as the common output of differences between masculinity and femininity‚ thus‚ different from the concept of sex describing biological differences between females and males. From a sociological perspective‚ gender is a social construction or an outcome of the social environment. In the definitional aspect‚ social construction relates to the processes by which ideas on how things should work undergo conceptualization into social reality. Before the emergence
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understand the social construction of gender‚ one must first know what a social construct is. According to Oxford Dictionary‚ a social construct is a‚ “theoretical approach which regards human experience and knowledge as originating within cultivated social groups” Oxford Press December 16. In other words‚ a construct is nearly a reality that most individuals follow based on custom‚ habit‚ and symbols‚ that are imbedded in a specific culture. Moreover‚ the basic theories of a social construction are generally
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The Social Construction of Gender It is obvious boys and girls are different from the moment they are born. They have both genetic and biological differences‚ they are born a certain sex‚ either male or female (or sometimes a combination of both). Of course there are other differences between a boy and a girl but what are the influences? Are all the differences from the moment they are born or are there other factors that make us into who we are‚ into what gender we are. Sex is something you are
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“Gender” and the Importance of “The Social Construction of Gender.” Gender is an individual ’s natural sense of themselves existing as a male or female‚ which may hold opposing views from their biological sex. I believe sex and gender are two terms used interchangeably. Sex implies the biological characteristics among females and males. Whereas gender implies the social qualities connected with being a female or male. As Lorber states‚ “I am arguing that bodies differ physiologically‚ but they
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