GNED 10
GENDER AND SOCIETY
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the chapter students are expected to:
• To have an overview on what a society is and how it operates
• Be familiar with the relationship between a society and the gender
expression of an individual
• be familiar with the concept of gender
THE CONCEPT OF SOCIETY
SHOULD ONE UNGA OR BUNGA ONE OF THE BOYS
Society is generally defined as a group of individuals The tendency of men to make groups either
that co-operate and co-habitate for ensured willingly or unwillingly has been coined the
survival. gregarious instinct.
ONE OF THE MANY THE TOP DAWG
Throug society may look simple on paper trough Society has been observed adopt different systems
out history sociology has been able to categorize in order to keep order.
human society to different stages.
STAGE SELECT
Choose you'r type
CAPITALIST
SOCIETY
HORTICULTURAL
MULTIFUNCTIONAL FEUDALISM
PASTORAL AGRICULTURAL
INDUSTIRIAL
HUNTER
GATHERER
COMPONENTS OF SOCIETY
The five main pillars of society
Groups Roles Status Organization Institution
• Primary • Ascribed
• Secondary • Achived
LENS OF SCIOCOLOGY
Sociology
Sociology has shown Sociologist have given The distinction between Gender is fluid while sex is Sociologist examines how
treatment between different theorems for gender and sex stems solid gender can influence the
genders has changed due gender primarily from here environment an individual
to the industrial revolution lives in
Sociology
Allows us to investigate
and critique cultural
and environmental
factors that mainly
affect what can be seen
as a biological domain
IDENTITY OVERVEIW
UNIVERSALITY INSTRUMENTALITY
Gender is the universal notion of placing an
individual to a gendered category
ROLE PICKING
Under the lens of sociology gender identity
allows individuals to be given roles based on
their assigned roles.
FACTORING THE FACTOR
Similar to the cultural factors affecting ones
gender identity, ones gender can similarly have a
profound effect on the environment as well
STEREOTYPES UPS AND DOWNS A VEIW TO REMEMBER
There can be both as per definition
positive and negative stereotypes are a
stereotypes for people generalized view on a
specific gender
• The stereo in stereotypes comes the Greek
word stereos meaning solid
WE ARE NOT THE SAME
Stereotypes are not
the same as gender
roles
GENDER ROLE VS STEREOTYPE
EXPECTING ASSUMING
VS
Gender roles are based on expectations for specific stereotyping is based on an assumption on limited
genders, .information
