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46 Cards in this Set
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What are traditional views of men regarding sex?
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Hypersexual and masculine
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What do we define sexual orientation by?
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behaviors, attraction, identity
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Explain how sex and gender are continuum of identity
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Sex and gender are not black and white. We can view these as characteristics on a large continuum of characteristics, behaviors, and attitudes. They range greatly.
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Who was the first person to publish a study on sexuality in the U.S.?
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Alfred Kinsey
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Sex is between the legs, while gender is between the ______.
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Ears - gender is considered to be a psychological characteristic rather than biological.
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How is sex a biological issue?
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Conception
Primary and secondary characteristics Intersexuality Transexuality |
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How is sex a cultural issue?
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Choice vs. biological programming
Sexual practices |
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Describe some things we automatically associate with sex in our society
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Ex: Being naked
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What are traditional views of women regarding sex
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They must be pure and virginal while simultaneously being seen as sexy or submissive
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What do we often base assumptions about others' sexuality on?
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Race
Gender Ethnicity Religion Dress |
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Who defines privilege in our culture?
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religious groups
media schools corporations (white males mostly) |
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What are considered to be consequences of too much sex?
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Complicates meaning of relationships
No trust Fear of cheating Pregnancy |
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A lack of sexual attraction to other people is called
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asexual
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People who feel they are one sex even though they are biologically the other
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transsexual
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A view that labels anyone not heterosexual as "queer"
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Heterosexism
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Refers to those whose bodies have both female and male characteristics
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intersexual
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To reject means to get to goals
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innovation
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What is strain theory?
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The strains in a society which people go through to achieve the American Dream. It is believed that because there is such a high emphasis on wealth in our culture, people will commit crime to achieve goals.
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The gaining of success and wealth through normal means and normal goals
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conformity
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rejecting means and goals
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retreatists
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Something which is done regularly by accepting means, but rejecting any goals
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ritualism
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What is the American Dream?
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Ex: The big house, family with kids, nice car, good job etc.
Come up with your own examples. |
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What theory of deviance focuses on poor socialization?
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Root-personality
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What theory of deviance comes from a racist and sexist point of view?
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Lombrosso's root-biological theory
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What are the four types of social control?
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1. Attachment
2. Opportunity 3. Involvement 4. Beliefs |
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According to structural functionalists, how does deviance help structure society?
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1. defines norms
2. creates social change 3. brings people together |
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What are means?
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tools for helping people achieve goals
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A business supplying illegal goods or services is...
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organized crime
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crimes which harm workers or consumers
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corporate crimes
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creating crime within their organization
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white collar crime
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What is a critique of the personality theory of deviance?
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The it doesn't take into consideration the person's outer environment
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What is an example of theoretical perspective of deviance
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Structural functionalist: How our society needs deviance
Social conflict: deviant behaviors stem from lack of power Social interaction: labeling theory |
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These people are survivalists who form a counterculture and create new goals
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Rebellion
Ex: Amish |
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This theory suggests that deviance arises from seeing no consequences for behavior
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control theory
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What theory suggests that people we associate with influence our behavior?
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Differential association
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This theory suggests that deviance is formed by people reacting to behaviors
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labeling theory
Ex: child with ADHA - self-fulfilling prophecy |
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A negative connotation attached to labels
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stigma
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Social stratification is a product of
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society, not individuals
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the change of social position in the hierarchy
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social mobilization
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The caste system is based on
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ascribed status
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In the caste system, social mobility is
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low because birth determines order
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A class system values...
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merit
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What are the classes of our society?
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Upper-upper class
Upper class Middle class Working class Poverty |
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Capitalism makes the assumption that
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Every is born equal - with equal means
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Capitalists control...
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production
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Describe the belief of capitalism
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We have what we have because we worked for it. Those that do not work are labeled as deviant.
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