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47 Cards in this Set
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Gender Expression |
external characteristics & behaviors defined as masculine or feminine |
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Sexual orientation |
physical and emotional attractions to people of a particular gender |
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Gender identity |
deeply felt identification as a man, woman, or another gender. May not correspond to the sex assigned at birth |
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Transgender |
people whose gender identity/expression differ from those typically associated with sex assigned at birth |
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Cis-gender |
person who identifies with the sex/gender assigned at birth
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Hetero-normativity |
sexual or romantic thoughts/relationships are normal only when between people of different sex and genders |
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Homo-normativity |
incorporation of soe LGBTQ peoples into hetero-normative society |
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Sex |
biological differences that separate males from females |
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Gender |
social position & set of arrangements built around normative sex categories
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Gender Roles |
behaviors that accompany and support one's status as male or female
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Patriarchy |
social system that subordinates femininity to masculinity |
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Gender Maneuvering |
performances that manipulate meanings of femininity and masculinity within interactions |
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Hegemonic Femininity |
legitimates the gender order by positioning women as objects of desire |
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Pariah |
socially unacceptable performances that challenge the dominant gender order
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Femininity |
raises social awareness of gender pursues gender norms that accord women and men equal opportunities and respect |
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Racialization |
ability to impose racial indentities on groups inscribes physical bodies with symbolic meaning and organizes them into hierarchies |
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Prejudice |
An attitude that is positively or negatively biased toward or against a particular group |
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Discrimination |
Harmful or negative acts towards a particular group viewed as inferior or deviant
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Racism |
A system of beliefs, practice, and relationships that (re)produce hierarchies based on racial categories
limits access to resources, rights, and privileges |
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Double Consciousness |
Marginalized groups maintain two scripts Dominant normal script; second script considers the gaze or prejudiced onlookers |
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Colorblind Racism |
racial outcomes can be explained by non racial factors ex, dress code directed towards specific group even though we do not say it |
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Micro-aggression |
events, observations, and experiences that communicate exclusionary messages to marginalized social groups non-verbal (body-language) environmental |
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Sanction |
Consequences that reinforce socially expected behavior |
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Stigma |
an attribute that is deeply discrediting |
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Labeling Theory |
Behaviors are deviant only when labeled as deviant |
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Conformity |
pressure to discipline ourselves, control our behavior, and manage our identities in order to avoid negative sanctions, labels, and stigmas |
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Legitimate Authority |
power exercised with the consent of those subject to those individuals, norms, rules, laws, or institutes ex, police |
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Deviance |
Any Transgression from social norms |
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Social Fact |
values, beliefs, and structures that originate in society rather than individual preferences or material realities any aspect of social life that shapes individual behaviors |
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Social Structure |
Organized patterns of social relationships that influence or limit the choices and opportunities available to individuals
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Social Location |
A collection of social demographics and personal identities that define our place in a community or society in relation to others |
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Socialization |
Process through which individuals internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of a given society in order to function as members of that society |
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Norm |
Rules of conduct that specify appropriate behavior in social situations helps maintain social order through routinized interactions |
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Presentation of self |
Idea that social life is a theatrical performance We have a front stage, and a backstage where we can be 'ourselves' |
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Status |
a recognizable social positive ascribed, achieved, master |
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Role |
The duties and behaviors associated with a status |
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Sociology |
Study of all dimensions of human life with particular emphasis on groups, interactions and institutions through which society is built |
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Interactionism |
How do we use and interpret symbols to communicate with each other? Micro level |
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Functionalism |
How is social order maintained? Behaviors, which side to drive on, maintains social order |
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Conflict theory |
How does the social order create and reinforce inequalities? Ex, devaluing women |
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Sociological Imagination |
Ability to see connections between our intimate personal experiences and the impersonal forces of history |
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Social Capital |
networks & relationships that an individual can use as a resource in order to achieve goals |
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Cultural Capital |
Situationally specific knowledge that enables success in particular social situations |
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Meritocracy |
the belief that our class position is a direct function of individual talent& work ethic |
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Inter-sectionality |
Idea that society is organized according to intersecting systems of oppression |
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Class |
An economically-based hierarchical system characterized by a set of cohesive & oppositional groups & the possibility of social mobility |
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Granfield |
Working class youth feel marginalized in ways that are consistent with other stigmiatized groups |