Category: Inequality

• Sexuality

  In the previous article, we go over the shift from Puritan views to Victorian-era views of men and women to the current time. Sexual scripts continue to base on beliefs that for men/male-identified individual sex is for orgasm and physical pleasure; and for women/female-identified individual sex is for love and the pleasure that comes with emotional…

  Lylyna Heng

  May 12, 2022

  Gender, General Education, Inequality, Sexism, Social Science, Sociology

• Inequalities: Men and Masculinities

  Men and women are both forced by society to do gender. It is because gender binary is hierarchical. It places men above women and values representation of masculinity above feminity. As a result, it narrows the range of life experiences that seem acceptable and right. Women are routinely positioned as helpers and caretakers, while men…

  Lylyna Heng

  May 3, 2022

  Gender, General Education, Inequality, Psychology, Sexism, Sociology

• Intersections and Gendered Language

  Intersectionality – a term coined by Kimberelé Crenshaw in 1989 – “describes the ways which oppressive institutions (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, classism, etc.) are interconnected and cannot be examined separately from one another” (taken from Geek Feminism Wiki). More on intersectionality by NCCJ. What is intersectionality? Kimberlé Crenshaw: What is Intersectionality? Intersectionality is…

  Lylyna Heng

  April 18, 2022

  Gender, General Education, Inequality, Social good, Social Institutions, Social Science, Sociology

• Gender Institution

  When it comes to judging others, gender comes first or individual comes first, have you noticed it? So what is gender? Gender is a set of ideas and something one does when interacting with other people, but it is also an organizing principle that permeates our social instiutions. Even though we are not always aware…

  Lylyna Heng

  April 10, 2022

  Gender, General Education, Inequality, Racism, Sexism, Social Institutions, Social Science, Sociology

• Sociology Basics

  Society For sociologists, a society is a large group that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. To survive, societies must be self-sufficient; they have social structures; Social forces that both provide for society and shape social interaction. These are the organized patterns of behavior…

  Lylyna Heng

  March 22, 2022

  Gender, General Education, Inequality, Sociology

• Dare to Break Social Norm …

  What are gender norms? And how do they relate to this assignment? Gender norms are social norms defining acceptable and appropriate actions for women and men in a given group or society. They are embedded in formal and informal institutions, nested in the mind, and produced and reproduced through social interaction (Wikpedia). Many prople find…

  Lylyna Heng

  March 22, 2022

  Gender, Inequality, Racism, Sexism, Sociology