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Sex

Back 1

- Thephysical and biological differences between men and women

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Gender

Back 2

- Thesocial construction of cultural attributes of masculinity and feminity that arebased on sex typed roles, called gender roles

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Gender-role socialization

Back 3

- Alife long process whereby people learn the values, attitudes, motivations andbehavior considered appropriate to each sex according to their culture

- Inany society males and females are socialized differently

- Selfimage and social identities are the basis for our participation in society, andour connection to how roles are integrated in scoeity.

- CynthiaEpstein – men and women really have similar responses, but we construct andmaintain dichotomous gender differences for cultural and political reasons.

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Margaret mead and feministanthropology

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- Menand women act according to the expectations of their culture

- Cultureis central to patterning gender roles

- Michellerosaldo: womens status is lowest in societies where they are isolated in thehome, dependent on a man, and where public and private spheres are segregated

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Similarities hypothesis

Back 5

- Selfimage and social identities are the basis for our participation in society, andour connection to how roles are integrated in society. Self-esteem is gendered

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Purpose of education

Back 6

- Main purpose of education is to equalizesociety

- Sourceof social inequality is the unequal distribution of knowledge

- Mainpurpose of education is to equalize society by diffusing knowledge to all

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Sociological perspectives(functionalists)

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- Stressthe importance of education in socializing the young, transimitting theculture, and developing skills

- Preparingfor functional roles in economy

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Sociological perspectives (conflicttheorists)

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- Notethat education preserves social class distinctions, maintains social control ,and promotes inequality