Chapter 14 - Women and Deviance Flashcards
What were the 4 eras that shaped how women were seen?
Pre-Scientific, Classical, Early Positivism and Functionalists
How were Women seen i the Pre-Scientific era
Madonna’s or Witches
How were Women seen in the Classical Era?
Not capable of rational thought
How were women seen in the Early Postivism Era?
Deviant women were either too feminine (hormonal) or masculine
How were women viewed in the Functionalist era?
Women who did not stay i homemaking roles were deviant
How were women studied by a biased lens?
People believed their deviance stemmed from their biology or morals
What was the idea of deviance based off of?
Males and their behaviour
in 1983, Edwin Schur’s “Labelling Women deviant” emphasized what message?
If masculinity is normal, then even when women are normal, they’re still deviant
What is the difference between sex and gender?
Sex = Biology (male/female)
Gender = Roles (masculine/feminine)
What do feminists, along with most theorists today, argue about the kind of society we live in?
Believe we live in a Patriarchal society
What is a patriarchal society?
A system where men dominate
What is the Double Bind?
If a woman is too feminine, she’s weak, if she is too masculine, she is deviant. Either way, she loses
What is the HYPHENIZATION PHENOMENON?
Based of the idea that we see gender as a primary status for women, examples of this phenomenon would be female-cop, female-teacher, etc.
What is Objectification?
when you stop seeing someone as a person and start seeing them as a thing or object.
What is a woman’s auxiliary status?
What she has achieved
What happens when women are objectified? (6 points)
- People respond to her as woman first, not professional
- Woman treated all the same
- Made to feel secondary
- Things can be done to her
- Easier to dismiss/Overlook
- Worth depends on attachment to male
What is sexual objectification?
when a woman’s value is based on her appearance or sex appeal.
What are woman are constantly told my cultural messages?
- Looks matter more than thoughts
- You are property
- You are something to be looked at/used
What do cultural messages end up leading women to do?
- Obsessing over appearance
- Viewing other women as “competition”
- Not feeling good unless they meet beauty standards
What are the beauty standards society has set?
Young, thin, stylish
What do women use to try to achieve beauty standards?
Time, money energy
How are beauty standards are a tool for society?
Used to control women without laws, just expectations
What happens to women when they age?
Often become less valuable or invisible
Because there are so many ideas of what a woman should be, what ends happening to women?
End of being labeled deviant at some point
What is secondary deviance, according to Schur?
When you internalize the labels
What are women seen as when they do not conform to the labels and expectations society has set out for them?
Out of control
How does society use informal control to enforce these norms?
Labels such as bossy, crazy or too emotional
How does society use formal control to enforce these norms?
Psychiatry or Social work
