Chapter Five Terms - Adolescence Flashcards
Sex
The biological status of being male or female
Gender
The social categories of male and female, established according to cultural beliefs and pratice rather than biology
Provide
In the manhood requirements of tradition cultures, the requirement of being able to provide economically for one’s self and family
Protect
In the manhood requirement of traditional cultures in being able to protect their family
Procreate
In the manhod requirements of tradition culture that requires one to be able to produce children
Hymen
The thin membrane inside a girl’s vagina that is usually broken during her first intercourse
Communal Manhood
For a boy to become prepared to assume adult male role responsibilities in work and marriage (Rotundo’s)
Self-Made Manhood
When males are expected to become independent from their families (Rotundo’s)
Passionate Manhood
Self-Expression and self-enjoyment replaced self-control and self-denial as a what a young male should learn in becoming an adult
Gender Intensification Hypothesis
Hypothesis that psychological and behavioral difference between gender becomes more intense because of prescribed gender roles
Differential Gender Socialization
Term for socializing males and females according to different expectations about what attitudes and behavior are appropriate to each gender
Cognitive-Developmental Theory of Gender
Gender is a fundamental way of organizing ideas about the world and children develop through a predictable staes in understanding their geneder
Gender Identity
Children’s understanding of themselves as being either male or female, reached at about age 3
Self-Socialization
In gender socializaton, refers to the way that children seek to maintain consistency between the norms they have learned about gender and their behavior
Expressive Traits
Personality characteristics such as gentle and yielding, more often ascribed to females, emphasizing emotions and relationships
Instrumental Traits
Personality characteristics such as self-reliant and forceful, more often ascribed to males, emphasizing action and accomplishment
Androgny
A combination of masculine and feminie personality traits
Women’s movement
Organized effort in the 20th century to obtain greater rights and opportunities for women.
Machismo
Ideaology of manhood, common in Latino cultures, which emphasizes males’ dominance over female
Stereotype
A belief that others possess certain characteristics simply as a result of being a member of a particular group
Social Roles Theory
Theory that social roles for males and females enhance or suppress different capabilities in which male and female develop special skills toward their gender
