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Sociology is the study of humans in society. Its part of social sciences. By understanding how we interact with each other, understanding how groups of people form and organize, and how societies can change over time. All on the Micro and Macro levels.

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Sociology is the study of humans in society. Its part of social sciences. By understanding how we interact with each other, understanding how groups of people form and organize, and how societies can change over time. All on the Micro and Macro levels.

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My personal tie with sociology I am a mother to 6 kids which means I am part of a family institution that shapes my identity, values and responsibilities. As the mother I have a huge influence on my children's  identity, values and responsibilities. Until they start to grow and learn there own role and expectations.

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Social Science
MIRCO and MACRO levels

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Sociological imagination is the ability to see the relationship between your personal experiences (Micro) and the larger society (Macro). It helps us to understand how our biography is shaped by historical and social forces, and how we can also influence them. 

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Sociological imagination is the ability to see the relationship between your personal experiences (Micro) and the larger society (Macro). It helps us to understand how our biography is shaped by historical and social forces, and how we can also influence them. 

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Gender roles / Family structures is something I can relate to on a micro level. I was raised in the late 80's early 90's where gender roles and family structures were all the rage. In 2009 I became a parent myself initially a single parent. Within a few years I decided I wanted a "Stable Home" or a family structure for my son and I. I met a man who was a few years older than me and was excited to start his own family. His idea of a family was he went out of the home and was the breadwinner and the woman would be a home-maker and doing all duties for the children, home and for him because he worked outside of the home. I did this for 8 years, I ended up having 2 beautiful children with him. Once the economy started shifting he had decided solely that our new family structure/ dynamic was a duel income house he was not planning on participating with any extra tasks on his end he asserted his POWER. That's when the abuse was more direct and frequent towards me. He expected me to care for him our children, the  house and our animals as well as work fulltime. As young mother (29) at the time I was burnt out by the thought of a second shift and scared of entering the work force with such a Gap of experience. This lead me to have to internalize and decide that I need to remove myself and my 3 children from this flawed family structure. Fast forward from 2020. I have been enrolled as a fulltime student at Durham College for Marketing polishing my skills I had from before I had children. My family structure is strong and my kids are thriving.

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Gender bias is most often associated with the workplace, where discriminatory standards and expectations affect perceptions of women's and men's competencies, achievements, and potentials. But gender bias also operates at home by creating discriminatory standards and expectations about women's and men's duties and roles. As a result, the bulk of housework and childcare has historically fallen on mothers . Recently, however, several studies have reported that millennials are egalitarians with respect to the allocation of domestic responsibilities. For example, researchers report in The Atlantic that millennials have "the distinctive and historically unprecedented belief that there are no inherently male and female roles in society." And using the results of the General Social Survey, other researchers that the proportion of Americans who agreed or strongly agreed that women and men should be treated equally in the home increased from 22 to 69 percent between 1977 and 2016. These researchers concluded that while millennials are a diverse generation, "overall they support egalitarianism at home [and] are the most likely [of all generational cohorts] to be strong egalitarians."

Nevertheless, there is far from a consensus with respect to this view. One team of scholars found that there has actually been a found that in 1994, 83 percent of men aged 18 to 25 disagreed with the superiority of the husband breadwinner/wife homemaker family structure, but in 2014, only 55 percent disagreed. In fact, by 2014, regression in millennials' thinking about gender roles in the household. When asked in 1976 whether "it is usually better for everyone involved if the man is the achiever outside the home and the woman takes care of the home and family," fewer than 30 percent of high school seniors disagreed. By 1994, disagreement had almost doubled to 58 percent, but by 2014 it had fallen back to 42 percent. And other researchers millennial men aged 18 to 25 were less likely to disagree with the superiority of traditional domestic role allocation (55 percent) than were men over 25 (67 percent).

Why Gender Roles in the Household Are Still So Stubbornly 'Traditional'

We are not in a position to sort out these conflicting claims about millennials' egalitarian attitudes. However, given that domestic egalitarianism seems to be in decidedly short supply in actual practice, we're inclined to doubt that millennials practice egalitarianism at home any more than previous generations. According to the Pew Research Center , mothers spend on average 32 hours per week on housework and childcare while fathers spend only 18 hours per week. This means that on average women with children are spending nearly 80 percent more time on domestic tasks than are men with children. But even this compelling statistic fails to capture the full extent of the gendered nature of domestic role allocation . Women spend approximately twice as much time with food and drink preparation than men, almost three times as much time cleaning the home, and about three and a half times as much time doing laundry. And this disparity in housework is not limited to the older generations. While it may be the case that millennials are more likely to say they want an even split of household duties, these intentions typically collapse under the weight of pervasive gender stereotypes. Indeed, we find that women are in sole charge of their children for nearly one-third of their time but men are in sole charge for only about 8 percent of their time. As Jill Jayorsky , a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte puts it, "Men still have a lot of privilege in being able to fall back on gendered notions. ... When it comes down to it, many men are not willing to walk the walk."

Many explanations have been offered for the lack of substantial improvement in recent years in achieving an equal division of domestic responsibilities. Among these reasons are: Millennials, having watched their dual-earner parents' difficulties in integrating work and family roles, want a less frenzied family situation ; as women have been getting closer to equal footing outside the home, men are pushing back by expecting women to perform traditional women's roles in the home ; disapproval of strong public female figures is increasing among young white men and with it, support of traditional/masculine societal roles ; the lack of U.S. social policies that allow parents to better combine paid work with family obligations ; the declining marriage rate in the U.S. has caused the expected roles women and men play when they do marry to be seen as traditional; and the increase from 7 percent in 1980 to 22 percent in 2017 of Hispanics in the 18 to 25-year-old cohort has caused the overall averages to be skewed toward more traditional family responsibilities reflecting Hispanic cultural practices .

How Millennial Parenting Styles Can Reinforce Gender Inequality

While there is no conclusive way to identify the actual reasons that gender roles in the household remain so stubbornly "traditional," we believe a key reason is the increasing acceptance of the view that "good" parenting is intensive parenting. A 2017 of more than 3,600 parents found that across social classes and regardless of the gender of the children, the dominant cultural model in this country for how children should be raised is one of child-centered, time-intensive parenting. This survey found "intensive parenting norms are now pervasive" in American society. And this means a belief in a parenting style that is "child-centered, expert-guided, emotionally absorbing, labor-intensive, and financially expensive."

The general societal expectation is that both mothers and fathers should engage in intensive parenting. But because such parenting is extremely demanding in terms of both time and money, it is generally impractical for both parents to be "intensive parents." As a result, the role gets allocated to only one of them - typically the mother. Millennials, no more than anyone else, can embrace intensive parenting and practice egalitarianism in the home.

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Why Millennials Are Failing to Dismantle Gender Roles at Home

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Millennials say they want an even split of domestic duties, but it's not happening. Learn why gender roles in the household are still so stubbornly 'traditional.'

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Functionalist theory is a way of thinking about society as a  group (Marco)  of things that help each other to make society STATUS QUO. Each thing in society has a job that helps the whole society. For example, family shows us what to do,  school gives us learning and abilities, money gives us things we need and want, etc.  

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Functionalist theory is a way of thinking about society as a  group (Marco)  of things that help each other to make society STATUS QUO. Each thing in society has a job that helps the whole society. For example, family shows us what to do,  school gives us learning and abilities, money gives us things we need and want, etc.  

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Functionalist theory also tells us how society handles troubles and changes that can make society DYSFUNCTIONAL.   Functionalist theory is based on the idea that society is a system that seeks to achieve equilibrium or balance. When one part of society is dysfunctional or in crisis, it affects the other parts and creates social problems.  For example in gender roles functionalism believe gender roles play a role in society, they believe they serve a role and stabilizing society and maintaining order.

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The father of  Conflict theory is Karl Marx, his theory is that society is in a constant state of conflict because of competition for limited resources. Its is believed that social order is held by dominance and control rather then consensus and conformity.

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The father of  Conflict theory is Karl Marx, his theory is that society is in a constant state of conflict because of competition for limited resources. Its is believed that social order is held by dominance and control rather then consensus and conformity.

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The Second Shift
Power

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Strengths- Can provide a way to analyze power structures and relationships in society on a macro level so we can be informed and proactive on concerns. Weakness-is it has been criticized for the focus on change and neglect of social stability. 

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Strengths- Can provide a way to analyze power structures and relationships in society on a macro level so we can be informed and proactive on concerns. Weakness-is it has been criticized for the focus on change and neglect of social stability. 

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As a student of sociology, I find conflict theory to be a useful lens for analyzing the social conflict that exists in gender roles . This theory argues that men have historically exploited and oppressed women to maintain their own power and privilege in society.

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Karl Marx
Gender Roles
Power

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From a functionalist perspective, gender roles have a function in society and the gender inequalities are also part of the social order that contributes to the stability of society.

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From a functionalist perspective, gender roles have a function in society and the gender inequalities are also part of the social order that contributes to the stability of society.

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Dysfunctional
Status Quo
Functionalism

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Symbolic interactionism theory is a way of looking at how people use symbols, like words and gestures, to communicate and understand each other. It also explains how people form their self-image and social identity through their interactions with others. 

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Symbolic interactionism theory is a way of looking at how people use symbols, like words and gestures, to communicate and understand each other. It also explains how people form their self-image and social identity through their interactions with others. 

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A Strength for symbolic interactionism theory it can help  to understand how symbols help us create and change our social realities. A weakness for this theory is it can ignore larger social structures and forces that affect our lives because its focuses on a Micro level.

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Symbolic interactionism combines with gender roles by showing us how we use gender as a symbol to communicate and understand ourselves and others. It also shows us how gender roles are influenced by society and culture, but also by our own agency and creativity. In some cultures men are expected to be assertive and dominant, while women are expected to be nurturing and submissive. These expectations can shape how men and women communicate, work, play, and relate to each other. Gender roles can also affect how we perceive ourselves and our abilities.

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Social Structures
Micro
Symbols
Symbolic Interactionism Theory

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Why Millennials Are Failing to Dismantle Gender Roles in the Household (andieandal.com)

Slides and Lectures provided by Professor Morgan Chapman

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Sociology Vs. Psychology: What’s The Difference?

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Sociology and psychology: What are the differences between these two social sciences, and which might be more appropriate for you? It’s not always easy to distinguish between sociology vs. psychology. They’re both broad disciplines that draw on empirical evidence to explore what it means to be hu

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Truthfully, I took psychology as my first GNED. So I thought I would have a sharper understanding to enter into this GNED. Since being in this course I understand that both my GNED's are under the social science umbrella which I feel will be beneficial towards my main study of Marketing/ Sales. Sociology focuses on human behaviors in large groups and society where as psychology focuses on human behaviors on an individual level. This class allows me to understand other perspectives. I can also understand and appreciate how diverse we are as humans. I feel that this course will enhance my critical thinking and analytical skills for my future endeavors. Finally, I appreciate what this class has done for me on a psychological level specifically this project self reflecting has made me become more compassionate towards my past and how others have treated me. For my personal healing process this class has made me understand that some of the the experiences might be bigger issues within society.