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SOCS 185 Week 5 Discussion; Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Identity

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Contributor
Steven Taylor
Category
Social Sciences
Course
SOCS 185 Culture and Society
Institute
Chamberlain
Pages
5

Week 5 Discussion: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Identity Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 9, 10 Lesson Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source Initial Post Instructions The lesson and textbook readings for this week emphasize that race, ethnicity, and gender are all social constructs. For the initial post, address the following: Compare and contrast what is meant by the social construction of race with what is meant by the social construction of ethnicity and what is meant by the social construction of gender. How or why is it beneficial to view these as social constructs? For you personally, are your racial, ethnic, and/or gender identities more matters of how you view yourself or of how others view you? Please explain. In what ways is how you view yourself influenced by the larger society and culture? Follow-Up Post Instructions Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification and/or include perspectives from outside scholarly sources shared in the discussion forum by classmates and/or the instructor. According to Kendall, gender refers to the “Culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in the meanings, beliefs and practices associated with ‘feminism’ and ‘masculinity,’ (2017, pg 289). Socially we have essentially been given two options as to which gender we conform to and in general it is based on the sex we are assigned at birth, being either male or female. In some cases, the gender that one identifies with does not necessarily ‘match’ their assigned sex, and are therefore they exhibit behaviors associated with their own self-concept instead of how society has classified them (Zevallos, 2018). Similar to gender, race is a social construct that is

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