exam 3

Question 1

machismo

Answer 1

a value system that stresses men’s dominance, honor, virility, and violence

Question 2

chain/shuttle/revolving door migration

Answer 2

Chain Migration: Movement in which prospective migrants learn of opportunities, are provided with transportation, and have initial accommodation and employment arranged by means of primary social relationships with previous migrants.

Question 3

repatriation

Answer 3

A refugee or group of refugees returning to their home country, usually with the assistance of government or a non-governmental organization.

Question 4

border patrol & “illegal alien”

Answer 4

1924. established to prevent illegal immigration (La migra)

a foreigner who has entered or resides in a country unlawfully or without the country’s authorization.

Question 5

Mexican repatriation act

Answer 5

The Mexican Repatriation Act was a mass deportation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans between 1929 and 1936.

Question 6

bracero program

Answer 6

permit men as contract laborers, usually employed in agriculture and other areas requiring unskilled labor, to work in the united states for a limited time
US government program that encouraged Mexican immigration between 1942 and 1964.

Question 7

operation wetback

Answer 7

federal authorities deported almost four million mexicans; 1950s
raids on mexican american homes and businesses were common

Question 8

marielitos

Answer 8

Marielitos is the name given to the Cuban immigrants that left Cuba from the Port of Mariel in 1980

Question 9

quran

Answer 9

holy book of islam

Question 10

refugees vs asylees

Answer 10

A refugee is a person outside his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to his or her country of nationality because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion
An asylee is a person who meets the definition of refugee and is already present in the United States or is seeking admission at a port of entry

Question 11

jihad

Answer 11

holy war;

Question 12

NSEERS

Answer 12

national security entry-exit registration system;
The National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) or INS Special Registration was a system for registering certain non-citizens within the United States, initiated in September 2002 as part of the War on Terrorism

Question 13

islamophobia

Answer 13

Islamophobia is the fear of, hatred of, or prejudice against the religion of Islam or Muslims in general, especially when seen as a geopolitical force or the source of terrorism.

Question 14

jihad

Answer 14

holy war; A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal

Question 15

sex vs gender

Answer 15

sex is biological; gender is the predetermined roles for men and women in the community

Question 16

patriarchy

Answer 16

A form of social organization in which males dominate females

Question 17

intersectionality

Answer 17

the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.

Question 18

gender socialization

Answer 18

the learning of gender roles through social factors such as schooling, the media, and family

Question 19

double-binds

Answer 19

a situation in which a person is confronted with two irreconcilable demands or a choice between two undesirable courses of action

Question 20

objectification

Answer 20

the seeing and/or treating a person, usually a woman, as an object

Question 21

fast track vs mommy track

Answer 21

Fast Track: a route or course that provides for more rapid results than usual
Mommy Track: a career path for women who opt to sacrifice promotions and pay raises in order to devote more time to raising their children

Question 22

glass ceiling vs glass escalator

Answer 22

Glass Ceiling: an unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities.
Glass Escalator:refers to the way men, namely heterosexual white men, are put on a fast track to advanced positions when entering primarily female-dominated professions

Question 23

Homosocial reproduction

Answer 23

The tendency of male elites to select candidates for advancement who are most like themselves

Question 24

pink collar occupations

Answer 24

relatively low-paying, non manual, semiskilled positions primarily held by women

Question 25

wage gap

Answer 25

the level of women’s income relative to that of men

Question 26

equal pay act of 1963

Answer 26

Legislation that requires employers to pay men and women equal pay for equal work

Question 27

equal rights amendment

Answer 27

constitutional amendment passed by Congress but never ratified that would have banned discrimination on the basis of gender

Question 28

sexual identity/sexual orientation

Answer 28

Sexual Identity: an individuals conception of themselves

Sexual Orientation: referring to romantic or sexual attraction

Question 29

coming out

Answer 29

the process of revealing one’s gay sexual orientation to the significant people in one’s life

Question 30

heterosexism/heteronormativity

Answer 30

Heterosexism: discrimination or prejudice against gay people on the assumption that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation
Heternormativity:i s the belief that heterosexuality, predicated on the gender binary, is the default, preferred, or normal mode of sexual orientation

Question 31

homophobia

Answer 31

fear of and prejudice against homosexuality

Question 32

criminalization/medicalization

Answer 32

Criminalization: the action of turning an activity into a criminal offense by making it illegal.
Medicalization: is the process by which human conditions and problems come to be defined and treated as medical conditions, and thus become the subject of medical study, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment.

Question 33

gay liberation movement

Answer 33

In the 1970s, homosexuals began an effort to win social and legal acceptance and to encourage gays to affirm their sexual identity. Despite some advances, the movement was slowed by the onset of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and the insistence of the military on banning openly gay individuals from the armed services.

Question 34

stonewall rebellion

Answer 34

Uprising in support of equal rights for gay people sparked by an assault by off-duty police officers at a gay bar in New York. The rebellion led to rise in activism and militancy within the gay community and furthered the sexual revolution of the late 1960s.

Question 35

don’t ask/don’t tell

Answer 35

Under Clinton administration. Concerns allowing gays into military but forbids begin openly homosexual.

Question 36

defense of marriage act

Answer 36

1996, Declares that states are not obligated to recognize any same sex marriages that might not be legally sanctioned in other states, defined marriage and spouse in heterosexual terms for federal law