W13.2 May 31 (Fri) eunsong kwon

 1. Summary

Sociologists distinguish between genders and genders. Gender refers to a masculine or feminine behavior that represents a social position, and gender refers to assignments to social categories based on genetic and biological factors. Sociologists divide gender/gender people into cisgender people who fit into existing social and cultural norms and transgender people who do not. Cisgender people seek to maintain their assigned gender for life at birth, while transgender people seek to transition to gender that differs from their assigned gender. The difference between men's and women's jobs is much discussed. Before capitalism and factory labor developed, women were instrumental in producing food and maintaining household chores. Currently, according to U.S. labor statistics, the labor participation rate of women has increased significantly since 1971, but on average, they are earning $17,000 less than men. Women are concentrated in low-wage occupations, which are traditionally considered women's jobs, and they are paid less than men for the same work. This occurs regardless of education and skill level, and women need a higher education in order to be paid equal to men.


2. Interesting thing

Women still tend to outlive men for reasons that are somewhat uncertain. In the U.S., life expectancy for women is 79.8 years, and for men it is 74.4 years. Some people believe that this difference is due to the combination of riskier lifestyles identified as men (e.g., pursuing masculine behavior) and jobs that are generally more physically stressful. The reason why this part was interesting was that it turned out that what you normally hear was also true academically. It was familiar because many scenes of men having fun were featured on social media these days under the title "Why Men Die Fast."


3. Question

Why do men do more dangerous things than women? Is there a reason to explain it biologically?

Comments

  1. DongHwan KimMay 31, 2024 at 8:43 AM

    I think there will be big social and cultural differences as well as biological differences. In general, people expect to do something more dangerous and challenging to men than women. I think this is one of the reasons why men do more dangerous things than women.

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  2. KIM SOLHWIJune 1, 2024 at 9:09 AM

    I think it's because men are biologically different when they do something dangerous. Even in the military today, the physical fitness standards for men and women are different. Even thousands of years ago, people who knew nothing about it used force, like hunting. Women have been doing housework. In other words, I don't think men are doing dangerous things because they are men, but because men are biologically powerful, they think men are doing more dangerous things than women.

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