Sfu Elements Of Sociology 3Rd Edition Steckley, Guy, Kirby Letts

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What is sex?

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As stated by Ann Oakley sex refers to the biological division into male and female. Sex refers merely to anatomical or biological characteristics of women and men.

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What is gender

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According to Ann Oakley, gender refers to the parallel and social unequal division into femininity and masculinity. In other words gender is a sociological term that refers to the roles and characteristics society assigns to a women and men.

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What is gender role

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A set of attitudes and expectations concerning behavior that relates to being either male or female.

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Bisexual

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Sexually attracted to people of both sexes. This does NOT mean that bisexuality implies equal attraction to both sexes and it does NOT mean that bisexuals are just gays and lesbians who are in denial because of social pressure.

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Boyah (plural is boyat)

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A woman living in an Arab country of the Middle East who adopts a masculine style of dress and appearance (eg cuts her hair short) as a way of defying gender expectations

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Complicit Masculinity

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Forms if masculinity that do not contribute to or embody male hegemony yet still benefit from it.

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Dragon Lady

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(As described by Tajima & Das Gupta) a stereotype of East Asian woman as tough, ruthless, and mercenary. The stereotype is seen in film and tv portrayals of hardened prostitutes and madames and women who fight with nasty, angry facial expressions.

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Feminist essentialism

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The feminist approach that involves looking at differences between the way women and men think while arguing for the equality and sometimes female superiority in that difference also called essentialist feminism

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Feminist liberalism

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A feminist approach that typically involves working towards pay equity for women. This form of feminism is criticized as reflecting more the concerns of white middle-class western women than the women of different ethnicities and classes. Also called liberal feminism

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Feminist post modernism

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Feminist approach that involves looking at women more subjects (i.e. people with voices and standpoints of interpretation) who guide research, rather than as objects being researched. Also called Post modernist feminism

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Feminist socialism

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Feminist approach that involves looking at the intersections of oppression between class and gender, focusing mainly on the struggles faced by lower-class women. Also called socialist feminism

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Feminization

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The process whereby an occupational sphere becomes dominated by and associated with women (e.g. secretarial work, clerical work). Feminized occupations are usually rewarded with lower salaries and fewer benefits

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Gay

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An informal term for someone either male or female who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex

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Geisha

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A traditional occupation for Japanese women. Geishas are expected to be well trained in the arts and capable of intelligent conversation so that they can entertain well-to-do customers in the geisha house

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Gender strategy

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(As described by A. Hochchild) a way of dealing with situations in different areas of life for example work family etc. based on culturally defined gender roles for example in all dual income household the typical gender strategy for caring for infants is for the mother to take time off work.

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Gendered

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Denoting occupations or post secondary programs dominated either by men or by women. Examples include early childhood education and interior design for women firefighting and industrial design for men

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Gender role

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The role that a culture or society assigns as "normal" for the boys/men and girls/women

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Hegemonic masculinity

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(As described by R. Connell) practices and beliefs that normalize and naturalize men's dominance and women's sub ordination

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Heterosexual

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A person who is sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.

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Homosexual

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A person male or female who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex

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Ideology of ****

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(As described by G. Smith) The use of such labels as "gay" and "lesbian" pejoratively as a way to make people conform to strictly prescribed gender roles for example telling a young man who expresses interest in poetry interior design or figure skating quotation mark "you're so gay".

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Indian Princess

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An aboriginal woman portrayed or seen as beautiful, submissive to white men, and ready to betray her nation for the love of the European man. The classic example is Disney's Pocahontas.

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Intersex

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A person with both male and female sexual characteristics, as a result of biological condition that produces either an atypical combination of male and female chromosomes or both male and female genitals/secondary sexual characteristics

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Lesbian

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A woman who sexually attracted to other women

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LGBT

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An abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, serving as an all encompassing term for anyone who is not heterosexual

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Lotus blossom baby

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(As described by Tajima & Das Gupta) The stereotype of East Asian women as childlike, sexually available, and respectful of men. Evidence of this stereotype may be found in the China doll and in Western notions of the Japanese Geisha.

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Marginalized masculinity

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(As described by R. Connell) those forms of masculinity that, owing to the class, "race" sexual orientation, and ethnicity are accorded less respect than other forms of masculinity.

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Metrosexual

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A term used to describe a man (usually a heterosexual man) whose lifestyle, spending habits, and concern for personal appearance are likened to those considered typical of a fashionable, urban, homosexual man

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Pay equity

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Compensation paid to women in traditionally female dominated industries (for example childcare, library science, nursing, and secretarial work) Where salaries and benefits have been lower than those given to employees in comparable (in terms of educational qualifications, hours worked and social value, ) professions dominated by men

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Queer*

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An informal term for someone either male or female sexually attracted to people of the same sex

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Queer* theory

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(As described by J. Butler) an approach that rejects the idea that gender identity is connected to some biological essence, proposing instead that gender reflects social performance on a continuum, with "male"and "female" at opposite poles

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Scientific management

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Efforts to find and implement the one best way of doing any job. These typically involve studying the time, methods, and tools required for a proficient worker to complete a particular task, and looking for ways to improve his or her efficiency also called Taylorism.

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Squaw

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The stereotype of the aboriginal woman as lazy, drunken and abused but aboriginal men.

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Subordinate masculinity

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(As described by R. Connell) behaviors and presentations of self that can threaten the legitimacy of hegemonic masculinity. The usual examples given are gay or effeminate men, and those whose lives and beliefs challenge traditional definitions of male success

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Tabula Rasa

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The idea that every human is born as a "blank slate" upon which the culture writes or inscribes a personality, values, and/or a set of abilities

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Transgender

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A person male or female who either (a) does not conform to the gender role associated with his or her biological sex, or (B) does not self-identity with the biological sex assigned to him or her at birth.

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Transsexual

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A person who either (a ) has the physical characteristics of one sex and a persistent desire to belong to the other, or (B )has had surgery or who is undergoing surgery to have his or her sex change surgically.

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Who are the famous five

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The famous five is the name given to the five Canadian women who fought for equal rights during the first half of the 20th century. Among their distinguished achievements is their successful campaign to have women awarded the status of "persons" under British and Canadian law. Henrietta Edwards, Nelly mcClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, Irene parlby.