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- Sociology
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- Module
- Level:
- Community College / Lower Division
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- Ohio Open Ed Collaborative
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Education Standards
OpenStax Gender
Sociological Perspectives on Gender Stratification
Sociology in Focus; Instagram and Gender Performance
Theories of Gender: Crash Course Sociology
Apply the three major sociological perspectives to issues of gender and sexuality.
Overview
OER Text material
Open Stx Chapter 12 section 2
Chapter 11 in Sociology: Understanding the Changing Social World does not include an application of the three major sociological perspectives to issues of gender and sexuality. Open stax Chapter 12 section 2 does a much better job explaining gender from the major sociological perspectives including feminism. In this section there is also a discussion of doing gender, which was lacking in our core text.
Sociological Perspectives on Gender Stratification
Here is another source that provides a good overview of the sociological perspectives on gender.
Supplementary Materials (Videos and Reading)
Theories of Gender: Crash Course Sociology (Video)
Great 10 minute video on theories of gender.
Crash Course: "Gender Stratification"
This 10:48 minute crash course video provides a nice overview of gender stratification including a discussion of hegemonic masculinity.
Gendered Disparities: Maintaining Masculinity
Great blog post on gender that describes Connell’s work.