Identity and gender
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- Created on: 26-04-17 11:34
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- Identity and gender
- Identity is a sense of self that someone has of who they are, and what is important about them
- WEEKS
- Identity is about belonging, about what you have in common with some people and what differentiates you from others
- COOLEY
- Looking-Glass Self. An individual's sense of self is shaped by their perception of how others see them.
- The individual hold up a metaphorical mirror to imagine how others judge their behaviours and appearnace
- Looking-Glass Self. An individual's sense of self is shaped by their perception of how others see them.
- Primary Identity
- Our sense of self
- Secondary identity
- The roles we play in society
- We develop a sense of meaning of who we are in a number of ways:
- 1. We are told who we are by others
- 2. We choose different identities depending on where we are
- 3. Identity may give us meaning and we wear obvious signs of this
- 4. Identities imposed on us (ASCRIBED STATUSES)
- 5. Identities we have chosen (ACHIEVED STATUSES)
- OAKLEY
- The traits of being masculine and feminine are learned through the agents of socialisation
- STATHAM
- By the age of five, most children have rigid ideas about what is acceptable for boys and girls
- FARLEY
- Western expected male identities: leadership, control, decision making, active, unemotional and aggressive
- Western expected female identities: Physical dependency, weakness, emotional, lack of control, passive, caring and family oreintated
- Media stereotyping of gender roles is so powerful, it is difficult to avoid gender socialisation and gendered behaviours
- The portrayal of body image in the media also has a powerful influence on the development of gender identities, self-esteem and our sense of self
- The ideas of gender identity have become less fixed than the used to e.g. gender freedom for women to pursue a career
- This career is usually different to the idea of a 'traditional' housewife/ mother. This is said to case uncertainty about gender roles within the home
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