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GCSE Sociology · key term
Socially shaped roles, expectations and identities associated with being male or female.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Educational AchievementThree important factors are social class, gender and ethnicity. Social class concerns social and economic position; gender concerns socially shaped roles and expectations; ethnicity concerns shared cultural background and identity. These factors overlap.
The socially learned expectations, practices and roles associated with masculinity and femininity.
A gender pay gap is a difference in average earnings; it does not necessarily mean men and women receive different pay for the same work.
When explaining sexuality, focus on sexual orientation and its effects on opportunities. Do not substitute an answer about gender, the gender pay gap or patriarchy.
Present Parsons’ explanation of gender roles as a sociological argument, not as an established biological fact.
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Socially shaped expectations and identities associated with being male or female.
Socially and culturally constructed differences and expectations associated with masculinity and femininity.
Socially constructed or culturally learned differences and expectations associated with masculinity and femininity, rather than biological differences.
Socially constructed differences between men and women, including ideas about masculinity and femininity, rather than differences based on biological sex.
Component 1
The socially learned expectations about behaviour, roles and identities associated with being male or female.
Revise: Gender FactorsSociologists explain this pattern by examining how opportunities, expectations and experiences differ between gender groups, rather than assuming that one group is naturally more intelligent.
