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5 GENDER Flashcards

1
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bio status of being male/female

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SEX

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social categories of male/female established according to CULTURAL BELIEFS + PRACTICES rather than being due to biology

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GENDER

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3
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process thru which cultures communicate gender expectations to children/ados

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GENDER SOCIALIZATION

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TRAD CULTURES: males + females live ___ lives (they have DIFF socialization expectations + learn DIFF skills)

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SEPARATE

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  • girls work alongside mothers from early age
  • take care of younger sibs/cousins
  • help cook/get food/make clothes/do housework
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ATTRIBUTES OF YOUNG GIRLS IN TRAD CULTURES

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  • girls’ role narrows + new restrictions on freedom
  • school = minimal (learn to read for 1 yr)
  • AGE 16: considered MARRIAGEABLE + may interact w appropriate males for limited periods under supervision
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ATTRIBUTES OF GIRLS AFTER PUBERTY IN TRAD CULTURES

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  1. early work responsibilities
  2. close relationships w mothers
  3. focus in ado on prepping for marriage/gender-specific adult work
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3 ASPECTS OF SOCIALIZATION OF ADO GIRLS IN TRAD CULTURES

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ado boys have ___ contact w fam + ___ contact w peers

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LESS; MORE

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SOCIALIZATION becomes ___ for BOYS + stays ___ for GIRLS

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BROADER; NARROW

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  1. PROVIDE
  2. PROTECT
  3. PROCREATE
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3 SKILLS MALES MUST DEMONSTRATE BEFORE CONSIDERED MEN IN MOST TRAD CULTURES (3 PS)

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males = considered men if they use skills to provide economically for self + fam

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PROVIDE

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males = considered men if they learn to fight to protect fans from human/animal attackers

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PROTECT

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males = considered men if they gain degree of sexual experience to show they are able to perform/procreate

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PROCREATE

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  • women = FRAGILE/INNOCENT
  • pursuing a profession = UNHEALTHY for women
  • girls = NOT told abt menstruation to keep them innocent from sexual knowledge
  • physical appearance = IMPORTANT
  • too WEAK to do physical work
  • must be VIRGINS until married
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CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF WOMEN

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  1. COMMUNAL MANHOOD
  2. SELF-MADE MANHOOD
  3. PASSIONATE MANHOOD
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ANTHONY ROTUNDO’S 3 TYPES OF MANHOOD

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norm of manhood in 17TH/18TH C colonial America in which focus of gender expectations for ado bois = prepping to assume adult responsibilities in work/marriage

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COMMUNAL MANHOOD

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norm of manhood in 19TH C in which males = expected to become INDEPENDENT from fams in ado + emerging adulthood as part of becoming a man

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SELF-MADE MANHOOD

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norm of manhood in 20TH C in which SELF-EXPRESSION/SELF-ENJOYMENT replaced SELF-CONTROL/SELF-DENIAL as the main virtues young males should learn in course of being a man

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PASSIONATE MANHOOD

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hyp that psych/bhvrl diffs btwn males + females become MORE pronounced at ado bc of the INTENSIFIED SOCIALIZATION PRESSURES to conform to culturally prescribed gender roles

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GENDER INTENSIFICATION HYPOTHESIS

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researchers who believed that INCR DIFFS btwn males + females = due to INTENSIFIED SOCIALIZATION pressures NOT bio changes of puberty

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HILL + LYNCH

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HILL + LYNCH believed that intensity of GENDER SOCIALIZATION = ___ for females than for males

22
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process by which ados acquire bhvrs + beliefs abt being MALE/FEMALE

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GENDER SOCIALIZATION

23
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socializing of males/females according to diff criteria in having diff expectations/attitudes abt their bhvr + appearance

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DIFFERENTIAL GENDER SOCIALIZATION

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EARLY CHILDHOOD: children play exclusively w ___-___ peers

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MIDDLE CHILDHOOD: bhvrs/expectations = ___ differentiated than in EARLY CHILDHOOD/LATER ADO
LESS
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PUBERTY: socialization = ___ + male/female differentiation = ___
INTENSIFIED; GREATER
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- develop negative body image - emphasis on thinness/physical attractiveness - may develop ED - overweight girls = seen as unattractive + get teased
SOCIALIZATION PROBS FOR GIRLS
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- probs w aggressiveness (toward peers + to defend masculinity) - low-status boys suffer from insults/humiliations - socialized NOT to show feelings + to act TOUGH
SOCIALIZATION PROBS FOR BOYS
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theory based on PIAGET'S ideas abt cog devmt asserting that gender = fundamental way to organizing ideas abt the world that children develop thru a predictable series of stages in their understanding of gender
COG-DEVTL THEORY OF GENDER (KOHLBERG)
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age that children understand GENDER IDENTITY
3 YO
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children's understanding of themselves as being male/female
GENDER IDENTITY
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the way children seek to maintain consistency btwn the norms they have learned abt gender + their bhvr
SELF-SOCIALIZATION
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theory in which gender = viewed as one of the fundamental ways that ppl organize info abt the world
GENDER SCHEMA THEORY
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mental structure for organizing/interpreting info
SCHEMA
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___ = one of the most important schemas from early childhood bc they help them develop beliefs abt wat = gender-appropriate in own cultures
GENDER
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personality characteristics emphasizing EMOTIONS/RELATIONSHIPS
EXPRESSIVE TRAITS
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personality characteristics emphasizing ACTION/ACCOMPLISHMENT
INSTRUMENTAL TRAITS
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FEMALES have more ___ TRAITS + MALES have more ___ TRAITS
EXPRESSIVE; INSTRUMENTAL
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- nurturing/sympathetic/compassionate/gentle/ compliant/soft spoken - more anxious/conscientious than males - express RELATIONAL AGGRESSION
DIFF EXPRESSIVE TRAITS
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- independent/self-reliant/self-sufficient/individualistic/ aggressive/assertive/forceful/dominant - more likely to have conduct disorders/get into fights
DIFF INSTRUMENTAL TRAITS
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combination of male/female personality traits
ANDROGYNY
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beliefs abt wat = typically male/female
GENDER STEREOTYPES
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- dependent - passive - emotional
FEMALE STEREOTYPES
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- independent - active - rational
MALE STEREOTYPES
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theory that social roles for males/females ENHANCE/SUPPRESS diff capabilities so that males/females tend to develop DIFF SKILLS/ATTITUDES which leads to gender specific bhvrs
SOCIAL ROLES THEORY
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girls = given dolls as children bc caring for children = part of female gender role so girls = more likely to develop skills/attitudes that involve caring for children
EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL ROLES THEORY
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prejudice + discrimination against an indiv based on their sex
SEXISM

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