1. THE SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER

2. DEFINING GENDER AND SEXUALITY INTEGRATING RACE, SOCIAL CLASS UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF MILLIENIUM RECESSION GENDER AWARENESS HAS MODIFIED EXISTING SOCIOLOGICAL THERORY AND LED TO A new feminist paradigma

3. Basic sociological concepts Status - own achievement - born into Status set ( mother daugher, lawyer etc)

4. Ascribed status Gender race and social status Social stratification - Low ranked and high ranked - ranking leads to stigma, prejudice and discrimination

5. Roles Fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, females and males,

6. Key concept of the sociology of gender Distinguishing between sex and gender - sex: the bilological characteristics distinguishing male and female eg. chrmosomes, anatomy, hormones, reproductive sytems etc. Gender: social, cultural and psychological traits linked to male and females. Sex makes us male or female but gender makes us feminine or masculine.

7. Sexual orientaion Preference for sexual partners of one gender or other also varies…… Culture and gender

8. Summary and conclusion