Age Gender Flashcards
Gender roles
What’s the society expects of males and females
Gender
You are female or male used to describe the cultural, physical and social traits
Matrilineal society
Groups the base status and Heritance on the females kinship or descent
Stereotypes
Conventional, oversimplified often exaggerated images
Sexism
Believe that one sex is by nature, superior
Feminism
Believe in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes
Birthrate
Relationship of live births in a year to the total population
Life expectancy
Average number of years a person is expected to live under the current conditions
American life expectancy rate
70
Death rate
Relationship of number of deaths in a year to the
The three age groups
Training years, productive years, retirement years
Baby boom generation
Large number of Americans born between 1946 in 1964
Ageism
Prejudice or discrimination against people because of their age or older this
Two inequalities as a result of ageism
Healthcare and unemployment