Ch. 9 Gender

Question 1

Stereotypes

Answer 1

Fixed meets images of members belonging to a grp based on assumed attributes that portray an overly simplified opinion about that grp.

Question 2

Sexism

Answer 2

prejudice or discrimination based on sex, especially discrimination against women that involves behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex

Question 3

Prejudice

Answer 3

involves negative attitudes and prejudgments about a gp

Question 4

Discrimination

Answer 4

the actual treatment of that gp’s members in a negative or unfair manner.

Question 5

Gender

Answer 5

refers to the social land psychological characteristics associated with being female or male.

Question 6

Gender identity

Answer 6

a person’s internal psychological self-concept of being either male or female, or possibly some combination of both

Question 7

Gender expression

Answer 7

concerns how we express ourselves to others in ways related to gender that include both behavior and personality

Question 8

Gender roles

Answer 8

attitudes, behaviors, rights and responsibilities that associates with being male or being female

Question 9

Gender-role socialization

Answer 9

the process of conveying what is considered appropriate behavior and perspectives for males and females in a particular culture.

Question 10

Sex

Answer 10

refers to the biological distinction b/w being female and being male, usually categorized on the basis of the reproductive organs and genetic makeup.

Question 11

social constructionist approach

Answer 11

the process by which people’s perception of reality is shaped largely by the subjective meaning that they give to an experience

what people think about situations as they interact with others become what is real to the.

SC reveals that we also apply subjective meaning to our existence and experience… our experiences don’t just happen to us- we attach meanings to our reality.

Question 12

positive aspect of social constructionist approach

Answer 12

it incorporates the concept of human diversity, a major focus in SW. People learn how they’re expected to behave through their interactions w/others around them.

Question 13

Gender status (Lorber and Moore)

Answer 13

produces patterns of social expectation for bodies, behavior, emotions, family and work roles…

Gender expectation can change over time both on indv and social levels.

1. gender is a legal status, usually determined at birth, that can be changed
2. gender status results from social expectations, therefore the makeup of gender is determined by the social context in which a person lives
3. expectations for people of ea gender are supposed to act can change over time, depending on the expectations of people around them.

Question 14

Social construction of gender

Answer 14

looks at the structure of the gendered social order as a whole and at the processed that construct and maintain it.

it assumes that traditional gender expectations are not facts carved in stone but rather perceptions and expectation that can be changed.