age, gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, nationality Flashcards
AGE- mead
age is socially constructed, the stressful times we associate with adolescence are not present within other cultures
AGE - davis
most young people are generally conformant and share the same views as their parents
AGE - bradley
middle aged are the most superior age group, most senior positions within the government are middle aged
AGE - corner
most older people see themselves as a burden on society
AGE - palmer
children now have alot more choice which can lead to toxic childhood ( too much junk food and technology )
AGE - cunningham
childs home habitat has decreased by 90%
AGE - dowd
older people feel isolated from society due to their lack of understanding of technology
GENDER - sue sharpe
everyone knows sue sharpe
GENDER - jackson
rise in ladette culturel
GENDER - mac an ghail
crisis in masculinity due to the feminisation of the labour market
GENDER - hey
women police each others behaviour using terms like slag
GENDER - hardil et al
women have less power within the family when making decisions on things within their family such as finance
GENDER - parsons
everyone knows parsons
GENDER - sevilla
fathers now spend 7x more time with their children than they did 40 years ago, 5 minutes to 35
GENDER - Mac an ghail
3 F’s, football fighting fucking
SEXUALITY - giddens
there is now a transformation of intimate relationships due to a greater acceptance of diff sexualities, creates confluent love
SEXUALITY - vernon weeks
“i am heterosexual” not important
“i am homosexual” big statement
SEXUALITY- rich
women are forced into heterosexuality. socialised into heterosexuality
SEXUALITY- Goffman
“impression management” people hide their sexuality due to fear of stigmatisation
SEXUALITY - quinn
native american tribes celebrate same sex marriage and the more feminine partner participates in feminine activities, same with more masculine partner
SEXUALITY - the kinsey scale
sexuality is a spectrum, some people can be mostly homosexual or mostly heterosexual or bisexual
SEXUALITY - Mcintosh
once a person accepts that they are homosexual they conform to societal expectations of how a homosexual should act
CLASS - weber, backed up by fox
Weber - predicted (correctly) that the middle class would grow and diversify
>Fox - there is now a lower-middle, middle-middle and upper middle class
CLASS - beck
people face the same risks no matter what class they are in
CLASS - cornford and robins
the ruling class control us in new, more subtle ways through technology
CLASS - skeggs
many working class people feel humiliated by upper class people
CLASS - pakulski and waters
we are stratified through cultural differences rather than social class
CLASS - mcintosh and mooney
upper class are “invisible”
they go to private schools, participate in unique activities such as oprah
CLASS - crompton
most children go into the same social class as their parents, social reproduction ⬆️social mobility⬇️
CLASS - murray
overly generous benefits
CLASS - margot and dixon
upper class parents spend more time and money on their children
NATIONALITY - spencer et al
national identity is replacing ethnic identity, white british people operate social closure againsy migrants
NATIONALITY - ritzer
globalisation is limiting the importance of national identity, mcdonaldisation shows how american culture has spread
NATIONALITY - sardar
globalisation has diminished national identity, we should embrace our cultural diversity
NATIONALITY - darcus howe
questioned his role in british society as a black man as the national identity is predominanty white
NATIONALITY - hall
increase in hybrid nationalities replacing national identity
ETHNICITY - sue fox
jafaicans
ETHNICITY - johal
brasians
ETHNICITY - winston james
shared black identity
ETHNICITY - li
women feel the need to hide hijabs for interviews
ETHNICITY - Giddens
ethnic minority groups use digital communication as a form of cultural defence
ETHNICITY - Giddens
ethnic minority groups use digital communication as a form of cultural defence
ETHNICITY - jacobson
as a result of exclusion in britain, pakistanis are developing a strong islamic identity
ETHNICITY - bhatti
asian children are brought up more strictly than other ethnic groups
ETHNICITY - barn
black, pakistani and bangladeshi people are more likely to be associaciated with lower wages and unemployment
