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52 Cards in this Set
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Sex v. Gender |
Sex is biological whereas gender is what you identify with |
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berdache |
permanent dress as a different gender |
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samoan/Fa'afatine |
embody both gender traits |
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sexuality |
a person's capacity for sexual feelings |
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Sexual Orientation |
physical, mental, emotional, and sexual attraction to a particular sex |
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different sexual orientations |
heterosexual: opposite sex homosexual: same sex bisexual: both sexes asexual: neither sex |
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heteronormative |
when being heterosexual is the norm in a society |
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sexuality as a continuum |
six point rating scale from hetero to homo |
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heterosexism |
systematic disadvantage towards non-hetero people in our society |
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homophobia |
irrational aversion to homosexuals |
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Functionalists and Sex |
-believe in the importance of regulating sex and marital cohesion. -homosexuality as a majority would be dysfunctional for a society -doesn't account for same sex marriage or adoption -it was once functional for women to stay home but times changed due to WW2 -family is a key role in stabilizing life -functions for sexual, reproductive, educational, and economic purposes |
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Conflict and Sex
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ideological view: heater majority wish for worldview while homes are individualistic -economic view: SS benefits for homes -queer theory: focuses on mismatches between anatomical, sex, gender, identity, and sex. orientation (not back and white, but grey) -society is a struggle for dominance between groups -feminist theory -marriage focuses on inequality of authority or power |
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Interactionist and Sex |
focuses on symbolic meanings attached to gender and the affects of being demeaned on a daily basis -doing gender (performing tasks based on gender roles assigned to them) -gender=what we do, not who we are... socially constructed -studies what family means against different contexts |
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Gender Socialization |
kids understand gender roles by 5 through family, peer groups, education, and mass media. Secondary agents are religion and workplace. |
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Institutional Discrimination |
discrimination built into the social structure |
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Gender Stratification |
-men outnumber women in the highest paying jobs -men are paid $1 for every .77 a women makes |
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Families |
-children are key indicator to "family status" -if you consider yourself family, you are family -family is becoming more lenient and diverse -closeness and support is fundamental element |
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Friendship |
voluntary personal relationship |
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high self-monitors |
broad network of friends |
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low self-monitors |
few, close friends |
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what leads to responsiveness in friendships? |
geography |
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Norm Violations |
things that lead to break ups including selfishness or non-spontananity |
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stages of love |
lust, infatuation, attachment |
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components of love |
emotional, intimacy, passion, commitment |
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homogamy |
focusing on people who are similar to yourself socially |
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heterography |
focusing on persons who are different from you |
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endogamy |
marrying someone within your group |
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exogamy |
marrying someone outside your group |
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horsemen of apocalypse |
1.criticism 2. contempt 3. defensiveness 4. stonewalling 5. belligerence |
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Complimentary Couple Style |
-blends autonomy and coupleness -own domains but function -routine and stagnant |
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conflict minimizing Couple Style |
-traditional roles -inavoidable problems=bad |
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Best Friend Couple Style |
-shares interest and deals with conflict -stagnant individualism |
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Emotionally Expressive Couple Style |
-share all emotions -arguments=power struggle |
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Cnsent on Campus |
-grey area that many disagree on -who is responsible is arguable -consent should be ongoing and verbal communication is best bc men and women read body language differently |
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Formal Education |
learning of academic facts and concepts through a formal curriculum |
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Informal Educations |
content of general culture and subcultures we belong to ex: parents, peers |
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Functionalist and education |
-school is one of the most important social institutions -manifest and latent functions -sorting=classifying based on academic potential |
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Conflict and Education |
-education system reinforces social inequalities
-hidden curriculum that encompasses non-academic knowledge -tracking: formalized sorting sytem placing students on different tracks, perpetuating inequality |
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Interactionist and Education |
-analyze in terms of the labeling system... once labeled, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy -credentialism: emphasis on certificates or skills to show skills |
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Gatto, Against School |
-schools strip originality and stress conformity -integrating, directive, adjustive, differentiating, selective, and propaedeutic functions -schools help kids grow older but not up |
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Do Schools Kill Creativity |
-creativity should be valued as much as literacy -schools educate out of creativity -education is inflating and people can't get jobs |
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outsourcing |
sending a set of jobs to an outside source |
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automation |
replaces workers with machines |
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polarization |
gap has developed in the job market |
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service jobs |
scooping ice cream or fireman |
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health field |
-largest area of industrial growth |
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projected trend on education and jobs |
higher level of education will be required to secure jobs |
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underemployment |
people take lower jobs than educational level |
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unemployment |
structural unemployment: ration of people to work and jobs available. |
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the working poor |
spent 27 weeks working or looking and still fall below poverty line. Provided with insurance, welfare, food assistance, etc. |
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sociology in the workplace |
employers seek transferable skills and sociology provides many contributing skills for a variety of jobs |
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Building your Personal Brand |
-what experience do people have when they deal with me? -what you put in the marketplace about yourself is calculated -ego is different from self-awareness and requires authenticity -map out career plan to compete with the people currently winning |
