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10 Cards in this Set
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Gender vs. Sex:
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sex biological, gender is social
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Gender stratification:
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The unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women
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Public-domestic dichotomy and its effect on women’s status:
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Contrast between women's role in the home and men's role in public life, with a corresponding social devaluation of women's work and worth.
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Biological determinist position on gender:
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Sexual dimorphism: real physical diff b/w men and women. Gender behaviors are innate/natural justified oppression of women.
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Cultural constructivist position on gender:
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Social constructs are generally understood to be the by-products of countless human choices rather than laws resulting from divine will or nature.
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Foraging societies:
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More gender equality, bilateral descent, equal contributions to economy, overlapping male/female duties
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Horticultural societies: Matrilineal/matrilocal:
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higher status for women
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Horticultural societies: Patrilineal/patrilocal:
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sharp domestic/public division
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Agricultural societies:
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Nuclear family basis of kinship. Men are primary contributors to economy. Sharp domestic/public dichotomy patriarchy
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Industrial societies:
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Public/domestic dichotomy highly developed women's place is in the home. Post WWII led to baby boom and industrial expansion resulting in a need for 2 incomes
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