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14 Cards in this Set
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Gender
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masculinity or femininity
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Gender Stereotypes
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simplistic descriptions of the supposedly "masculine male" or "feminine female"
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Sex/Gender System
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Prescribed traits, behaviors, and patterns of social interaction for its members on the basis of sex.
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Three Interrelated Components of Sex/ Gender Systems
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The social construction of gender categories based on bioogical sex.
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Three Interrelated Components of Sex/ Gender Systems
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A sexual division of labor in which specific tasks are allocated on the basis of sex
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Three Interrelated Components of Sex/ Gender Systems
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the social regulation of sexuality in which particular forms of sexual expressio are positively or negatively sanctioned
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Social Stratification
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the extent to which w and m, and the traits and behaviors respectively associated with them, are valued unequally in society.
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Patriarchy
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A sex/gender system in which men dominate women...and is considered more masculine.
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Sociology
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The scientific study of human societies and cultures and of social behavior.
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Power
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the ability to impose one's will on another.
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Structural Functionalists
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See gender differences as natural phenomena deriving from human biology.
NATURE. Biologically determined traits acan be modified or completely overridden by enviornmental influences. |
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Paradigm Revolution
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Structural Functionalists couldn't explain everything: social conditions and problems without being revised on fundamental level. 1960's brought about social protest and activism.
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Feminist Paradigm
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acknowledges the importance of both nature and learning in the acquisition of gender.
Gender is SOCIALLY created. |
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Sexism
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the differentiating valuing of one's sex
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