Name: BABANTO, JANSEN KENT H.
Section: ARCH5B_A2
Exercise 1
FUNCTIONALIST
It emphasizes the
interconnectedness of
Definition society by focusing on
how each part
influences and is
influence by other parts.
Functionalist perspective
sees society as a complex
system whose parts work
together to promote
solidarity and stability.
This approach looks at
society through a macro
level orientation and
broadly focuses on the
social structures that
shape society as a whole.
Functionalists argue
that gender
Views on Gender roles were established
well before the pre-
industrial era when men
typically took care of the
responsibilities outside of
the home such as
hunting and woman
typically took care of the
domestic responsibilities
in or around home.
These functions are
considered functional
because women were
often limited by the
physical restraints of
pregnancy and nursing
and unable to leave
home for long periods of
time.
Date Submitted: Sept 29, 2022
CONFLICT SYMBOLIC
INTERACTIONIST
Conflict theory asserts The aim of Symbolic
that social problem occur Interactionist
when dominant groups Perspective is to
mistreat subordinate understand human
groups and thus behavior by analyzing
advocates for a balance the critical role of
of power between symbols in human
genders. interaction which is
relevant to the
discussion of
masculinity and
femininity.
Society is a struggle for The meanings
dominance among social attached to symbols are
groups (like women vs. socially created and not
men)that compete for natural, and fluid, not
scarce resources. When fixed, we act and react to
sociologists examine symbols based on the
gender from this current assigned
perspective, we can view meaning. Symbolic
men as dominant group interactionism suggests
and women as the that our identity or
subordinate group. It is sense of self is shaped
difficult for women to by social interaction. We
rise above men, as develop our self-concept
dominant group by observing how others
members create the interact with us a label
rules for success and us. By observing others
opportunity in society view us, we see a
(Farrington and reflection ourselves that
Chertok1993). Cooley calls the
“looking glass self.”
.
 Family provides a context
for reproducing,
Examples nurturing and socializing
children;
Education offers a way to
transmit a society’s skills,
knowledge and culture to
its youth;
Politics provides a means
of governing members of
society;
Economics provides for
the production,
distribution and
consumption of goods &
services.
Religion provides moral
guidance and an outlet
for worship of a higher
power.
Direction: Create an outline showing the differences of the three major theoretical perspectives.
Friedrich Engels The word gay, for
compared the family example, once meant
structure to the “cheerful” but by
relationship between the 1960s it is carried
bourgeoisie and the primary meaning of
proletariat suggesting “Homosexual.” In
that women had less transition, it was even
power than men in the known to mean
household because they “careless” or “bright and
were dependent on them showing”(Oxford
for wages. Conflict American
between the two groups Dictionary 2010).
caused thing like the When people perform
Women’s Suffrage tasks, or possess
Movement and was characteristics based
responsible for social on the gender role
change. assigned to them,
they are said to be doing
gender.