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patriarchy
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a society or group in which mean as a group dominate women as a group; authority is vested in males
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glass ceiling
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the mostly invisible barrier that keeps women from advancing to the top levels at work
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glass eascaltor
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the mostly invisible accelrators that push men into higher-level postions, more desirbale work assignments, and higher salaries
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ageism
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4. Prejudice, discrimination, and hostility directed against people because of their age; can be directed against any age group, including youth
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first wave of feminism:
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radical branch--> reform all institutions of society
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second wave of feminism
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1960-present, began viewing their jobs as careers and compared consitions with those of men's, protest against gender inequalities, raising women's pay to changing policies on violence aganist women
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third wave of feminism
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now emerging, 1. greater focus on problems of women in least industrialized nations 2. critiscm of values that dominate work and soicety 3. removal of impediments to women's love and pleasure
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reasons for growth in ederly
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baby boom after WWII becaus emen happy to be home to see wife, starts family
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functionalist perspectives of aging process
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disengagements theory, activity theory, continuity theory
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disengagement theory of f.p.of a.p
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the view that society prevents disruption by having the elderly vacate(disenegage from) their positions of responsiblity so that the younger generation can step into their shos
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activity theory of f.p.of a.p.
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the view that satisfaction during old age is related to a person's amount and quality of activity
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continuity theory of f.p.of a.p.
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the focus of this theory is how people adjust to retirement by continueing aspects of their earlier life
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myths of the elderly
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can't drive and are not good at comprehending things
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idiot
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greek word, politically dumb, oblivious to the political soceity around you, person w.o specific knowledge, disengage from
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direct democracy
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a form of democracy in which the eligible voters meet togther to discuss issues and make their decisions
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weber's three types of authority
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traditional authority, rational legal authority, charismatic authority
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traditional authority
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authority based on customs, declines with industrialization
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rational- legal authority
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(bureaucratic authority) based on written rules "reasonable law" the authority comes from the position one holds, not the person who holds the position
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charismatic authority
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someone people are drawn to because they believe that person has been touched by God or endowed by nature with exceptional qualities(joan of arc, hitler), authority based on individuals' traits to attract followers
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problem of charismatic authority
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to who does the leader owe allegiance
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demographic transition
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historical process of population growth
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stage 1 of D.T.
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stabe population:births and deaths are more or less balanced
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stage 2 of D.T.
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rapidly growing population:births far outnumber deaths
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stage 3 of D.T.
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stable population; birth drops and births and eaths become more or less balanced
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stage 4 of D.T.
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shrinking population; deaths outnumber births
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push factors in immigration
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what people want to escape; poverty, religous persecution
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pull factors in immigration
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the magnets that draw people to a new land; chance for education, better jobs, freedom to worship
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urbanization
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the process by which an icnreasing number of people live in cities and those cities having a growing influence on culture
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city life
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give people sense of community, feeling of belonging//some find alienation, don't fit in
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urban sentiment
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people divide city into own little worlds, they only care about their own groups
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