SOCI 1010 1nd Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I. Benefits v. Drawbacks of having a symbolic ethnicityII. The Big IdeaIII. Terms/DefinitionsIV. Dominant Privilege Outline of Current Lecture I. Dominant Privilege ContinuedII. Gender – The Big DealIII. DefinitionsCurrent LectureI. Dominant Privilegea. Definition: advantages tied to category membership that are unearnedb. “White Privilege” readingi. Author discovered “white privilege” or dominant privilege by seeing her own experience as a women with male colleagues. ii. Describes dominant privilege as an “invisible backpack”iii. You automatically have a privilege (even if it is unconscious) in certain situations just because of your category membership. c. “What my Bike has Taught me about White Privilege” i. White woman in Michigan decided to commute to work on her bike, although the town wasn’t “commuter-friendly” ii. Noticed how mean people were on the roads, they yelled at her, drove close to her, splashed her on purpose, told her to get on the sidewalk- even though the LAW gave her permission to ride on the roadThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.iii. She noted that “even if all the angry, aggressive drivers were removed from the road, I would still be in danger because the roads were created for the automobile”iv. She compares the automobiles to being white and the biker to being of another raceII. Gender – The Big Deal:a. Sociologists argue that many of the differences between women and men are socially created. III. Definitions:a. Sex/Biological Gender: physical characteristicsi. Examples: chromosomes, penis or vagina, testosterone levels, estrogen level, adam’s apple, bone structureb. Gender: socially created differences between men and womeni. Examples: hair style, clothing, cosmetics, shoes (heels), style of earrings, purses, eye contact (or lack of), the way we sit, degree to which we can cry at a movie ii. Has to be caught iii. Many are physical cuesiv. Also society specificv. Varies over
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