Cultural Diversity #4

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Androgyny

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the state of being both masculine and feminine, aggressive and passive.

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anti-semitism

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anti-jewish prejudice

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diaspora

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the exile of jews from palestine

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displaced homemakers

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women whose primary job had been homemaking but who did not find full-time employment after being divorced, separated, or widowed.

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feminine mystique

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society's view of a woman as only her children's mother and her husband's wife

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feminization of poverty

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the trend since 1970 in which women account for a growing proportion of those who live below the poverty line

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fring-of-values theory

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behavior that is one the border of conduct that a society regards as proper and is often carried out by subordinate groups, subjecting those groups to negative sanctions.

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gender roles

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expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females

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glass ceiling

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the barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified worker because of gender or minority membership

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halakha

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jewish laws covering obligations and duties

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Holocaust revisionists

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people who deny the nazi effort to exterminate the jews or who minimize the numbers killed.

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in-group virtues

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proper behavior by one's own group; becomes unacceptable when practiced by outsiders (out-group vices)

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judaization

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the lessening importance of judaism as a religion and the substitution of cultural traditions as the tie that binds Jews

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kashrut

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laws pertaining to permissible (kosher) and forbidden foods and their preparation

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marginality

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the status of being between two cultures at the same time such as the status of Jewish immigrants in the United States

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matrix of domination

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cumulative impact of oppression because of race, gender, and class as well as sexual orientation, religion, disability status and age.

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mommy tax

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lower salaries women receive over their lifetime because they have children

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mommy track

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an unofficial corporate career track for women who want to divide their attention between work and family

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occupational segregation by gender

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the tendency for men and women to be employed in different occupations from each other

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out-group vices

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in-group virtues that become unacceptable when practiced by outsiders

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pay equity

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the same wages for different types of work that are judged to be comparable by such measures as employees knowledge, skills effort, responsibility and working conditions, also called comparable worth

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peoplehood

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Milton Gordon's term for a group with a shared feeling

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second shift

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working outside the house and then coming home to take care of child care and housework

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sexism

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the ideology that one sex is superior to the other

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sexual harassment

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any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a person's work

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yiddishkait

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jewishness

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zionism

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traditional jewish religious yearning to return to the biblical homeland, now used to refer to support for the state of Israel

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Places where Jews have high populations

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USA (NYC, LA, Miami), Israel

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Jewish Immigration

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began in the earliest colonial times and has risen and fallen over time

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Jewish Schooling

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Extensive emphasis on schooling leads to occupational success

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What makes a Jew a Jew?

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Not as deep of ties to religious aspects in modern America, more of a focus on cultural aspects.

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Israel Law of Return

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defines who is a jew and extends Israeli citizenship to all Jew. Lack of consensus among jews over who is a jew

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iv. Feminist Movements

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1. 1848-1860
a. Seneca Falls, NY

b. Upset about slavery
2. 1870-1920

a. Susan B. Anthony
3. 1960

a. Betty Friedan
b. Feminine Mystique
c. Cultural imperative for behaviour

4. Arlie Hochschild
a. The Second Shift

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v. Employment issues

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1. Discrimination
2. Glass ceiling
3. Mommy track
4. Sexual harassment
5. Feminization of poverty
6. Displaced homemakers

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Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion

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Forged document that said Jews throughout the world planned to conquer all governments and the major vehicle for this rise to power was Communism, said by anti-Semites to be a jewish movement

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Gender Roles

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functionalists see role differences as contributing to carrying out family roles whereas conflict theorists argue they contribute to inequality between men and women

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Labor force

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occupation segregation by gender and significant differential in earnings for men and women in the same occupations

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Gender discrimination and the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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played a significant role in reducing sex discrimination but further measures to achieve pay equity have not been enacted

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poverty

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pattern of increasing poverty among single women

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women and schooling

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great success with formal schooling