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Originally Posted by well named
I recognize that you disclaimed that you weren't that concerned about this. Nevertheless, you made a confident assertion of fact that is actually complete bull****, and it matters given that this bull**** is part of your argument against academia, and may speak to the the quality of your other arguments.
No, I was pointing out what my issue wasn't. This is what I'm
not referring to. It's actually
not part of my argument and I made that clear. What I distinguished
wasn't apart of my argument was false.
True story
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Originally Posted by juan valdez
Sociology textbooks teach that there are infinite genders. I think that's garbage but that's not what I'm referring to. That is an idea that can actually be discussed even if I find it wrong.
Also you were always going to be skeptical and you should be. I'v never taken a fat studies course either. But since it was part of my argument, I've included text of the work they actually produced. Right?
I also googled sociology and gender to see if there was anything to back up his claim. I read a couple summaries that basically describe what you did. One suggested that there's a culture that had a third gender but nowhere did it indicate anything beyond that or even close to unlimited.
What I also found in the sociology + gender search is this: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY – 1ST CANADIAN EDITION. It perpetuates the gender pay gap myth. Someone reading this wouldn't actually be given a solid understanding of reality, would actually be misled, and would probably have a divisive perception of gender.
You might say first of all you don't know anything about sociology. Canadian sociology sucks. OK fair point. Then you might say that book is 5 years old, it's totally outdated. OK that might be true also.
As someone who's not claiming to be an expert in sociology you're kind of holding me to a high standard here aren't you? I just saw an interview located on a college campus where the participant came across as reasonable and claimed to be a sociology student. I used his claim about the text book as an example of something that
wasn't apart of my argument.
An out of character curse filled rant is obviously a defensive response to your personal opinion of sociology. It's a little over the top don't you think? I never claimed to be an expert and when you challenged it, I was totally open to the idea it was wrong
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Social Stratification and Inequality
Stratification refers to a system in which groups of people experience unequal access to basic, yet highly valuable, social resources. Canada is characterized by gender stratification (as well as stratification of race, income, occupation, and the like). Evidence of gender stratification is especially keen within the economic realm. Despite women making up nearly half (48 percent) of payroll employment, men vastly outnumber them in authoritative, powerful, and, therefore, high-earning jobs (Statistics Canada 2011). Women’s income for full-year, full-time workers has remained at 72 percent of the income of men since 1992. The average hourly wage is better: Women earned 83 percent of men’s average hourly wage in 2008, up from 76 percent in 1988 (Statistics Canada 2011). However, as one report noted, if the gender gap in wages continues to close at the same glacial rate, women will not earn the same as men until the year 2240 (McInturff 2013). Additionally, women who are in the paid labour force still do the majority of the unpaid work at home. In 2010 women spent an average 50 hours a week looking after children compared to 24.4 hours a week for men, 13.8 hours a week doing household work compared to 8.3 hours for men, and 49 percent of women spent more than 10 hours a week caring for a senior compared to 25 percent for men (Statistics Canada 2011). This double duty keeps working women in a subordinate role in the family structure (Hochschild and Machung 1989).