Socialization and Stratification

“Learning” one’s gender, race, and class.

INCORPORATING GENDER ROLES

Learning to be Masculine and Feminine

How do we Define Masculine and Feminine?

Caption under picture reads: How to get a man to wash his hands.

A Look at Gender Roles Through Children’s Toys

“Mommy Make Me Better” doll

And What About Toys for Boys?

Under the Heading: “Playing Grown-up”

Race and EthnicityTypes of Socialization

Experiences

• Those focused on mainstream “White” culture

• Those focused on one’s minority status

• Those focused on one’s own ethnoracial cultural heritage

Social Class• Patterns of socialization vary

by class– Working Class: more likely to

emphasize conformity and respect for authority

– Middle/Upper Class: more likely to emphasize independence and curiosity

Understanding Interaction

An Introduction to Several Keys

Definition of the Situation

• Thomas Theorem:– If individuals perceive a situation as real, it

is real in its consequences.

Default Assumptions

• What holds true in the simplest or most likely possible model of whatever situation is under discussion (i.e. what is usually the case).

Famous Women

• Harriet Tubman• Susan B. Anthony• Helen Keller• Margaret Sanger• Jane Addams• Sojourner Truth• Eleanor Roosevelt• Ida B. Wells• Anne Bradstreet• Carrie Chapman Catt

• Anne Hutchinson• Harriet Beecher Stowe• Elizabeth Cady

Stanton• Gloria Steinem• Betty Friedan• Mother Jones• Clara Barton• Amelia Earhart• Victory Woodhull• Molly Pitcher