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Sexual Orientation

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Who you are attracted to

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Sexual Behavior

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Who you engage in sexual activity with

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Sexual Identity

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How you see yourself/what sex you see yourself as

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Gender Binary

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There are two types of people-either male bodied masculine or female bodied feminine

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Doing Gender

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Gender is something we do in interaction. We obey and break instructions about how to be masculine and feminine

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Socialization

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Life long process of learning gender expectations

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Intersectionality

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Oppressive institutions are interconnected. Gender does not compete with other aspects of identity (might be privileged because of race, but not social class)
-Ex: White, female, and heterosexual

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Deviance

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Socially disapproved behavior/status/belief

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Crime

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Deviant behavior that breaks the law

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How does something become deviant?

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  1. Expectation: established norm
  2. Violation of norm
  3. Reaction to violation
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Absolutism

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Human behavior falls into 2 categories:
-Inherently good
-Improper, immoral, or evil
(Problems: Often based on stereotypes (minorities), easy to say something is deviant or wrong if…(gay, drug user, etc.)

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Relativism

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Deviance not inherent in any particular act, belief, or condition (socially constructed)

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Primary Deviance

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Temporary, trivial, or concealed deviant behavior
>Person doesn’t see themselves as deviant
-Ex: Teepeeing someones house, eating disorder because no one knows about it

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Secondary Deviance

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Person continues deviant behavior after being caught and labeled
>Accept deviant label, incorporating it into self image
-Ex: People notice your eating disorder and want to help but you accept the disorder

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Role Engulfment

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Primarily define self through deviant identity
>Accept deviance as their primary status
-Ex: Gang member

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Tertiary Deviance

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Accept deviant label but reject/transform stigma associated with it
-Ex: Gay rights movement-we shouldn’t see this as bad

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Labeling Theory

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We become deviant once labeled (by someone in power) as deviant
-Ex: Felon, sex offender, license plate for DUI
>Once labeled, life changes b/c others react (fear)
>Benefit of power helps resist labels (celebrities)

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Strain Theory

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Deviance increases where there is strain between culturally defined success and access to legitimate ways to achieve success
-Conformist, innovator, ritualist, retreatist, and rebel

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Deterrence Theory

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Looks at why people don’t commit crimes
-People engage in deviance if they don’t fear punishment
-Concentrates on identifying the most effective punishment
>What is most important for deterring crime: certainty or severity?

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Hegemonic Masculinity

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Dominant form of masculinity

-Ex: Strong, straight, athletic, bend rules, not working hard at school

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Contrived Carelessness

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Girls care about grades, boys don’t

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Emphasized Femininity

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Pressure to look attractive, define self and other females in terms of appearance
>Adaption that men, in general, have more power
>Accept subordinate, supportive, dependent roles
-Ex: Gold digger/trophy wife

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Gender

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About distinguishing between masculine and feminine, not so much biological, but cultural
-How sociologists think

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Conscientious Resistance

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Gendered behavior in school = compliance and resistance
-Girls are more likely to be compliant than boys because they care more and boys are more likely to be resistant to the rules and regulations they are supposed to follow in school

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Gender Gap

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Differences of grades, participation and activeness/caring about school in girls vs boys

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Contrived Carelessness

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Girls care about grades and guys don’t

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Rutter

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Unpopular group, stemmed from a group/family didn’t care of themselves physically irritated with rich kids

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Lame

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Smart “nerdy” group/not being known for something

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Conformist

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Someone who follows the norms
-College student who goes to class and studies
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Innovator

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Someone who wants to do well, but they find different ways to make it easier
-Cheating in college

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Ritualist

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Someone who does the minimum amount of work to make ends meet, but they don’t really care
-People who come to class, but do just enough to pass

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Retreatist

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Someone who doesn't follow norms and doesn't care
-Stay in their room and skip class rather than going to class and studying
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Rebel

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Make new means and new goals
-College student who goes to college just to party or just goes to in order to be able to join a professional sports team

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