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Gender as a Social Structure
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The chapter reviews the social scientific research on gender beginning with biological theories and then moving on to psychological ones. Attention then moves to sociological theories developed as alternatives to understanding gender as a personality trait. The chapter then covers the “doing gender” and structuralist theories developed in the 20th century. Risman suggests that integrative frameworks, including her own, emerged toward the end of the 20th century. In this chapter, Risman offers a revision to her framework conceptualizing gender as a social structure with consequences for individual selves, interactional expectations of others, and institutions and organizations. With this revision, Risman differentiates between the material and cultural elements of each level of the gender structure.
Title: Gender as a Social Structure
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The chapter reviews the social scientific research on gender beginning with biological theories and then moving on to psychological ones.
Attention then moves to sociological theories developed as alternatives to understanding gender as a personality trait.
The chapter then covers the “doing gender” and structuralist theories developed in the 20th century.
Risman suggests that integrative frameworks, including her own, emerged toward the end of the 20th century.
In this chapter, Risman offers a revision to her framework conceptualizing gender as a social structure with consequences for individual selves, interactional expectations of others, and institutions and organizations.
With this revision, Risman differentiates between the material and cultural elements of each level of the gender structure.
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