Mar 2020 Unit 2 Chapter 1

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Sociology

Unit 2/Chapter 1: Culture, Identity and Socialization

Masculine and feminine roles vary from society to society. Margaret Mead’s 1935
work in the South Pacific found tribes where men and women did not conform to
what, in the West, would be seen as ‘traditional’ masculine and feminine roles.
Gender roles, it can therefore be concluded, should not be seen as natural but as a
social construction.

(a) What is meant by the term ‘social construction’? [2]

(b) Describe two agencies of secondary socialisation. [4]

(c) Explain how canalisation may be used to shape gender identity. [6]

(d) Explain why gender roles vary from society to society. [8]

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