Project Summary: Soc 307 WK 1 Journal, Text Wade L. & Ferree M.M. (2019). Gender: Ideas, interactions, institutions (2nd ed.). Retrieved from https://redshelf.com/ This week’s readings focus on the perception of gender differences in our society, how those ideas are formed, and which differences are based on biological fact and which are socially constructed. Chapter 1 offers you a brief introduction to the textbook. Chapter 2 explores the origin and intentions behind common beliefs regarding women and men. In particular, in this chapter, you will investigate gender ideologies across many societies in an attempt to understand how these ideas about men and women (and masculinity and femininity) came to be, whose interests they serve, and who they exclude. In Chapter 3 you will review the research on gender differences and similarities in order to see if they can be traced back to biology and or if they can be traced