Chapter 10 Learning Outcomes
- Define sex and gender and understand the social construction of gender vs. sex as a biological concept.
- Discuss gender socialization, and how family, peers, schools, the mass media and religion are social agents for gendered pathways.
- Differentiate between the theoretical perspectives’ interpretations of gender and the roots of gender inequality.
- Outline the categories of sexual orientation and understand the inequalities and social movements associated with the rights of LGBTQ+ people.
- Understand how societal expectations of gender result in inequality at home and in the workplace and may lead to gendered violence.
- Review and explain the different waves of feminism, different forms of feminism, and thoughts on reducing gender inequality.