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33 Cards in this Set
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conflict perspective
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gender = social construct
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functionalist perspective
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natural diffs create social differences that are "appropriate"
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feminist movements
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suffrage- 1920s
equal rights/pay- 1960s/70s -challenge normative gender roles, women join workforce |
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sexuality
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subject to social control (norms, practices, etc)
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reflexive mind
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ability to distinguish btwn I and me, actor and object
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sex
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biological characteristics
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gender
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ones sense of masc/fem
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erotic identity
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understanding of oneself as sexual object, actor
(combo of social, genetic factors) |
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norms of reproduction come from...
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values of sexuality, family, etc
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power and gender
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regulate how different types of unions defined (govt)
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culture and gender
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gender, sexuality (deviance vs. normality) constructed
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social action and gender
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ppl taking stand, pushing feminist laws, coming out of closet
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sexual script (interactionist perspective)
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means by which we organize perceptions of sexuality, helps ppl to enact erotic identity normatively
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conflict perspective
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things that develop as 'normal' are result of conflict, ppl w/ power have labeled homosexuality as deviant
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1600-1800
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sexuality linked to reproduction, local social pressure to be faithful
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industrial (1800s)
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more leisure time, privatized sexuality for pleasure, romantic love, declining birth rate
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Victorian (late 1800s)
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religious backlash against loosening sexual norms, moral tightening
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1920s
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flappers, loosened sexual norms
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1960s-70s
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against traditional sexual standards, gay rights, BC pill
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1980s-today
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aids epidemic, norms somewhat re-tightened
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female circumcision
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the removal of woman's clitoris
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feminism
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intellectual, consciousness-raising movement to get ppl to understand that gender= organized principle of life
-women and men should be accorded equal opps. and respect |
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essentialism
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line of thought that explains social phenomena in terms of natural ones
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biological determinism
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line of thought that explains social behavior in terms of biological givens
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hegemonic masculinity
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dominant, privileged, invisible category of men
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gender roles
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sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one's status as male/female
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patriarchy
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nearly universal system involving subordination of femininity to masculinity
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sex role theory
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(Parsons) theory that men and women perform respective sex roles b/c nuclear family= ideal arrangement in modern societies (function= reproducing workers)
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homosexual
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social identity of a person who has sexual attraction to and/or relations w/ ppl of same sex
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sexism
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occurs when person's sex/gender is basis for judgment, discrimination, hatred against him/her
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sexual harassment
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illegal form of discrim (sexual jokes, assault, barter) all intended to make someone feel uncomfortable and unwelcome
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glass ceiling
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invisible limit on women's climb up occupational ladder
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glass escalator
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promotional ride men take to top of work organization, esp in feminized jobs
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