Arif's 17th birthday.

Photos of us at Cappers.

Socio hw.

my teacher assigned the whole class a homework and she gave us one week to finish it and guess what.......i was not able to finish it in one week haha typical me, i procrastinate a lot. so i have to pass up the work tomorrow which is one day late. the last hw she gave us, i passed it up 3 days late haha. luckily it only took me less than 4 hours to complete it, which suprises me a lot because i thought it will take me longer to finish it. since im really bored right now, im going to post my socio work here. enjoy reading haha! and tell me what you think of it...haha

Name: Firdaus

Group: Be 4

Class: Sociology block 5

Sociology Homework.

1. Distinguish between sex and gender.

- Sex refers to the biological differences between the sexes while gender is the behavioral differences men and women.

2. Describe two sources of evidence that maybe used to sociologist to show that gender differences are socially constructed.

- There is a lot of evidence that can be used by sociologist to show that gender differences are socially constructed. Two of them are, Family and Media. Family is the key agency of primary socialization, it identifies the processes of canalization, manipulation and verbal appellations. From the very first day they are born children are steered into socially accepted gender stereotypes. It is not only dress and toys that produce gender differences but also the interaction between adults and children is structured by gender assumptions. The media in all its forms plays a particular role in gender socialization because it influence crosses the border between primary and secondary socialization. From a very early age, children are exposed to the influence of cartoons and children’s literature. Traditional fairy tales such as beauty and the beast, Cinderella, snow white, little red riding hood, Pocahontas, Jane in tarzan and many more convey latent image of women as the weaker sex and man as the stronger one. Studies of children’s literature and reading schemes show how females are presented in domestic roles. In conclusion, these evidence showed that gender differences are socially constructed.

3. Explain the role of the family in gender socialization.

- Family plays an important role in gender socialization because family is the key in primary socialization. In a family, the parents will always teach the boy how to become a boy and the girl how to become a girl. Parents will treat them differently for example, parents will buy the boy manly toys such as soldiers, car, truck, gun etc. while the girl will get the total opposite for example dolls, ponies etc. even in clothes, parents will buy a blue for the boy and pink for the girl, this is due to perceptions. This factor will help in shaping the gender of that particular someone. The way parents treat a boy and a girl is also different for example, if a boy cries, the parents will ask him to stop crying and be a man, but if a girl cries, the parents will give her a hug. This type of practice will make the boy tougher than the girl, which also contributes to gender socialization. The parents will also encourage the boy to do sports while the girl is encourage to do housework which is a domestic role. Parents do this because it is general and due to again, perceptions.

4. Assess feminist explainations of gender differences.

- They are many explainations from a feminist view about gender differences. This is because there are five types of feminist and they are, liberal feminist, radical feminist, Marxist feminist, black feminism and post-modernism feminism.

The liberal feminist, they argue that the so-called difference between man and women are not innate but the result of socialization and ‘sex-role conditioning’. The different ways that boys and girls are treated from birth discourages women developing their full potential. In this way women are oppressed in society and are seen as subordinate to men. Therefore, to liberate women it is necessary to show that men and women are equal in potential, thus their concern is with fighting for equal fights. In conclusion, they advocates and supports equal rights legislation but failed to explore other explainations for inequalities.

The radical feminist, their basic theory is men are the enemy. They argue that there has always been a sexual division of labour underpinning and reinforcing a system of male domination. Male defined ideas about women’s natural roles and behavior persist in all spheres of society and therefore benefits men and serves to keep women subordinate and inferior to men. Men use their aggression to control women and are thus able to maintain their dominant position. To be free, women need to separate themselves from male domination. In conclusion, they highlight the dark side of the family but failed to account for the different experience of women, particularly in relation and the role of capital.

Next is Marxist feminist, they recognizes both the role of capitalism and patriarchy. Men exercises power over woman and in capitalist societies patriarchy takes a specific form. With industrialization women lost certain legal rights and were excluded from certain spheres of paid work compared to men who gained certain political, legal and economic rights. Women become dependent on males and male needs dominated both within marriage and wider society. Marriage and motherhood became women’s primary role with limited access to paid work. Women serve the needs of capitalism because they are cheap source of labour and reproduce future labour at little cost to capital. In conclusion, they are linked in the role of capital but failed to explore the experiences of men.

Black feminism, they argue that white feminist have ignored the position of black women. Black women have a double disadvantage as they are oppressed by racism in white society and by patriarchy. In conclusion, they highlighted colour blind nature of feminist but ignores similarities between different women’s groups.

Post-modernism feminism, they challenge assumptions around gender identities, they suggested that there are now a range of identities from which women and men can choose from. In conclusion, they highlighted the changes in society however ignores that for some people there is limited choice and the power of gender ideology.

Goze.

left to right : akmal, k.i, kimi and luque(i cant find your pic lol)

Goze 4 - 2 Avenue 17


we had a match against avenue 17 about 7 hours ago haha and we won! the 4 dudes i mentioned earlier are the scorers during the match for Goze. i played too, but i didnt play well because of the stupid leg cramp haha. during the match we scored 1st through kimi, awit the left winger passed a beautiful through ball to kimi and he just side foot the ball in. a few minutes after that, avenue 17 equalized with a wonderful worked goal. and right before the break, the struck again leaving the score line 2-1 at the break. at half time, we made two substitutes, akmal and qawiy went in to replace zul and arif. these two people made a good impact in the second half. 10 minutes after the restart, akmal scored a tap in from kimi's cross so that made the score 2-2. that goal totally regained our confidence. 15 minutes before the game ends, we made another substitute, wafi replaced me, k.i replaced awit and luque replaced hafiz. a few minutes later, qawiy earned a freekick and k.i took the responsibility. he scored a brilliant goal which makes the score 3-2. then not long after that, qawiy threaded the ball to luque, he skipped passed one defender easily before beating the keeper at the near post, which makes the final score 4-2. Overall, everyone did a great job. we are now 2nd in the table, our next match is on thursday. To ensure our qualification to the next round, we have to win this upcoming match.

Happy birthday to Hanis Safwan.

Today on the 24th of april, my friend hanis is 17 years old hahaha! one more year untill he's legal! as in driving haha not the other stuffs =p lol happy birthday dude!

Funny video.

Lexus Girl !

i was at the bank in kiulap with my parents, my dad is doing some things with his card. i dont exactly know what haha. soo i was sitting at the sofa reading the newspaper next to my mom when this girl came in and straight away my eyes was stuck on her. she was with her brother and i was like 'damn she's hot!'. right after that, my dad was done doing the thing he was doing and soo we had to like leave the bank. on my way out, i looked at her but she didnt look back. so i was like 'does this mean im not going to see her again? sigh~'


the story doesnt end there.


after that my mom wanted to go and shop for groceries at hua ho kiulap, so as usual i was the one who pushed the cart around while my dad is at the electronics centre. i bought alot of snacks by the way haha. after 45 mins, everything was done, the cart was full haha. so i pushed the cart out while my dad gets the car. i stopped infront of the black lexus car and and guess what? the girl i saw earlier was on her way to that particular car and her dad was in the car. her dad raise his arm and guess what, he was waving my mom!haha. when my dad arrived, the lexus car was already reversing and so i stared at her, and she was staring at me too, there was eye to eye contact and after awhile she smiled at me haha so i smiled back. =D yeay~ haha.


after finish loading the stuffs into the car, i asked my mom who was that guy. my mom said that, that guy is opening a restaurant somewhere in kiulap, the reason my mom knows this is because my mom works at the law building, where people register their business. so yeah, my mom is engaged in business and lawyer stuffs haha. and and i asked my mom for the location of the restaurant so maybe i'll go there someday and meet her again haha.

this particular incident happened on friday, 18th april =)