Social Theory Final2

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Group

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are the enduring units make up of members within a community who have some corporate rights

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situational proprieties

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are culturally specific social norms, that organize social interactions, including social occasions.

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symbolic interaction

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a theoretical framework that envisions society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals

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symbols

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stand for something, they are not things themselves

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symbolic communication

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humans communicate by manipulating symbols

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symbolic behavior

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social experience is the exchange of symbols

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meaning

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is within social processes; derives from the social process of people interacting; allows people to produce various realities that constitute the sensory world or “Real World”

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feminist approaches

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takes from a woman-centered perspective and provides a critical challenge to underlying assumptions about society

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starting assumptions

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there is no natural or fixed human essence, female is always in reference to male

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instrumental

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The Task Leader—the one with the best ideas who urges the group to complete the task(males)

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expressive

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The Social-emotional leader—the one who keep the group from falling apart or rebelling against the task leader (females)

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sex

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biologically based differences; sexuality

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gender

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behaviorally based differences; culturally specific roles that are performed

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gender socialization

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humans have biological drives, but not instincts; the absence of instincts allow and require socialization

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manipulation

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behavior encouragement and discouragement

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canalization

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directing children’s interests toward gender appropriate games and toys

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verbal appellations

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using language to label and identify gender in children
differentiated activities-girls encouraged to participate in indoor activities/boys encouraged for outdoor activities

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power relations

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power is the ability to exercise one’s will over another; women are oppressed by men (don’t have the same kind of power)

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patriarchy

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often operates at the level of “the gaze” or disapproving stare that results when rules are broken. (raised eyebrow, or squinty eyes)

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truth

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it is produced only by virtue of multiple forms of constraint.

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Discourse

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a body of organized and systematic statements

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The Beauty Myth

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beauty standards are used as political weapons to control women, reinforce the glass ceiling, exclude women from power; beauty is not universal or ahistorical; it is used to impose ways of behaving.