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ch 12 age & gender discrimination Flashcards

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prejudice/discrimination against the elderly; reflects uneasiness about growing old

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ageism (Robert Butler)

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society/aging individual should mutually sever relationships

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disengagement theory 
(functionalist - everything meets a need)
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emphasizes importance of passing on social roles to ensure social stability

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disengagement theory
(functionalist - everything meets a need)
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aging person withdraws as approach of death forces them to drop most social roles

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disengagement theory
(functionalist - everything meets a need)
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society withdraws from elderly placing them in retirement homes

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disengagement theory 
(functionalist - everything meets a need)
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implies society should help elderly withdraw from social roles so society can function

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disengagement theory
(functionalist - everything meets a need)
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elderly who remain ACTIVE will be most well-adjusted

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activity theory 
(interactionist)
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believe elderly have need for social interaction

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activity theory
(interactionist)
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see withdrawal as harmful for both elderly and society

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activity theory
(interactionist)
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focus on contributions of elderly to maintain society

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activity theory
(interactionist)
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disagrees with both activity and disengagement theory

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conflict theory of age

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other perspectives ignore impact of social class in lives of elderly

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conflict theory of age

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privileged position of upper class provides better opportunity and less dependency in old age

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conflict theory of age

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low status of elderly seen in prejudice and discrimination against them

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conflict theory of age

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in the U.S. women earn $0.81 for every $1.00 a man earns for full time jobs

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gender stratification

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women work a full day at a job, then do most of the domestic chores when they get home

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second shift

Arlie Hochschild

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17
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relationship of the number of men to women

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sex ratio

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usually expressed as a ratio of the number of men per 100 women ex. 107 men to 100 women or 1.07 sex ratio

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sex ratio

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-geographic mobility
-female infanticide
-health and diet
-differential life expectancy (women live longer than men)
are all causes of…

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sex ratios

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study Guttentag & Secord Theory

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now

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______ is equal to their inability to achieve their goals outside of the relationship

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the power dependency of a person

22
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capacity of each member of a dyad to impose their will on the other; supply-demand power

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dyadic power

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the gender with excess supply will be more dependent on the scarce gender

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dyadic power

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the dependent members of the dyad seek to improve their bargaining position

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structural power

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try to shape social structures to serve their own interests

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structural power

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gender with greater numbers will try to utilize structural power to offset their disadvantages of dyadic power

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structural power

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brides should be virgins

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more men

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wives must be faithful

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more men

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women should devote themselves to being a wife and mother

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more men

30
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women defined as unsuited for positions of power and authority

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more men

31
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these norms are socialized from birth and internalized by both genders

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more men

32
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usually begin from long history of excess males, a male biased society

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fewer men (low sex ratio)

33
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generates “sexual revolution” for women (structural power)

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fewer men (low sex ratio)

34
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organize into women’s movement

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fewer men (low sex ratio)

35
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less gender inequality

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fewer men (low sex ratio)

36
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girls and boys given similiar education

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fewer men (low sex ratio)

37
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men reluctant to marry, premarital sex increases (dyadic power)

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fewer men (low sex ratio)

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marriage unstable

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fewer men (low sex ratio)

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liberal values

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fewer men (low sex ratio)

40
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women are more into the workplace

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fewer men (low sex ratio)

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women are slender

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fewer men (low sex ratio)

42
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women lack power, rights

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more men (high sex ratio)

43
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women are seen as property, highly prized and romanticized

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more men (high sex ratio)

44
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women isolated by protective sexual norms

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more men (high sex ratio)

45
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sexual “double standard” (greater approval of extramarital sex for men)

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more men (high sex ratio)

46
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highly visible presence of “disreputable” roles (prostitutes)

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more men (high sex ratio)

47
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marriage stable, revered (structural power)

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more men (high sex ratio)

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conservative values

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more men (high sex ratio)

49
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women stay home (structural power)

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more men (high sex ratio)

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men grow more facial hair

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more men (high sex ratio)

51
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women are curvaceous ex. Kim K

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more men (high sex ratio)

52
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are there more men or women in society today?

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more men (high sex ratio)

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