Final-soc

Question 0

Gender boundaries

Answer 0

~Ways to mark the difference between men and women

Question 1

Tokenism

Answer 1

~a numerical minority

Question 2

Glass ceiling/Glass escalator

Answer 2

~point where women and minorities are blocked from advancing

~is an unofficial fast track promotion of certain types of staff, usually men with an organization

Question 3

Inequality regimes

Answer 3

~5 variable components of inequality

Question 4

Inequality regime #1

Shape and Degree of Inequality

Answer 4

~a steep hierarchy which is gendered and racialized
~the steeper the hierarchy the greater the inequality
~an example could include a bureaucracy

Question 5

Inequality regime #2

Organizing Processes

Answer 5

~general requirements of work (ex: Reliable, Responsible, 8hr shifts, no     children or anyone to care for that will prevent your full ability to perform job) gendered model
~class hierarchies (ex: like social class, jobs are ranked into wage categories)
~wage setting and supervisory practices (ex: Pay difference between men and women, women doing duties without a higher pay)
~informal interactions while "doing work"

Question 6

Inequality Regime #3

The Visibility of Inequalities

Answer 6

~Degree of awareness of inequalities may be intentional or unintentional (Ex: managers in the workplace would intentionally hide information about the inequalities like their pay)
~Privilege of the privilege is invisibility (Ex: men tend not to see their gender privilege; whites tend not to see their race privilege; ruling class members tend not to see their class privilege)
~Race is usually evident
~Jobs are usually segregated by race and as a result there is tension

Question 7

Inequality Regime #4

The Legitimacy of Inequalities

Answer 7

~Gender and race discrimination is illegal
~BUT: embedded in legit class processes
~There is invisibility of jobs
~Naturalizing of jobs: women ‘suited’ to childcare

Question 8

Inequality Regime # 5

Control and Compliance

Answer 8

~Maintained by Direct, Indirect, and Internalized controls

Question 9

Deviance Neutralization

Answer 9

~Breadwinning women preserve masculinity

Question 10

Mather

Answer 10

~A gender bending hybridization of mother and father
-Flexible, dynamic word that can capture gender-bending ideas
about parenting.

Question 11

Symbolic Violence

Answer 11

~A form of power which is hammered directly on the body and without any apparent physical restraint

Question 12

Genocide

Answer 12

~deliberate and systematic extermination of a group (in this case Native
Americans)

Question 13

Social Networks

Answer 13

~a pattern, a structural effect

~a network of social interactions and personal relationships (friends, colleagues and other personal contracts)

Question 14

Relational Imperative

Answer 14

~woman who want to settle down and get married

-need a man in their lives a relationship

Question 15

Coital Imperative

Answer 15

~once men get started they cannot stop

-once arroused men must have intercourse

Question 16

Secondary labor market

Answer 16

~lower pay, no job security, dead end, no benefits

Question 17

Discrimination

Answer 17

~an action that denies social participation or human rights to categories of people based on prejudice

Question 18

Sex segregation

Answer 18

~degree in which men and women are differently concentrated

Question 19

• Western vs. Muslim dominance of women

- Time, light, space and men’s dominance

Answer 19

~Western men manipulate “Time” (age) and “light” (spotlight on beauty)
-The West is the only place where women’s fashion is an industry
dominated by men.

~Muslim men exert dominance over women by manipulating “space”
(Men control)
-Muslim men don’t allow women in public places

Question 20

Male sex drive discourse

Answer 20

~Coital imperative: orgasm once men start they can’t stop

~Men have more aggressive drive

Question 21

Performing Third World Poverty

Answer 21

~Sex workers in Vietnam
-Ex: darken their skin, use “village” regular clothing, learned English
to give pity to costumes
~feminists as economic dependence
~give tours of an “authentic” Vietnam
~groups of Western Men: wealthy business men and budget travelers

Question 22

Relational imperative

Answer 22

~women who don’t want this Hooking up they prefer long term relationships but not all women want that

Question 23

Batterers description of violence against women/how is violence gendered

Answer 23

~men construct their violence as a rational response to extreme provocation, a loss of control, and a minor incident blown out of proportion
~unstoppable male aggression
~feminine weakness
~men’s rights

~gender is performative, it makes up the identity it’s supposed to be
~violence represents an effort to reconstruct unstable masculinity identity
~restores hierarchical gendered order

Question 24

Trends, social movements, and feminism

Answer 24

Trends: patterns that are sustained over time

SM: change that people deliberately and purposefully create

Feminism: the social, political, and economic fight for gender equality

Question 25

Culture of commodity/Halloween costumes and gender stereotypes

Answer 25

~culture of commodity makes costume buying easy by making them ready made or by assembling sewing patterns so parents can buy/rent/make which in turn reinforces our culture of consuming (buy buy buy)

~Halloween costumes reinforce gender.
-girls passivity vs. boys activity

Question 26

3 reasons men should support change for women

Answer 26

~men are not isolated
~men too can avoid the negative effects of their gender expectations
~change means well-being to the communities they live in
~political and ethical principles honored

Question 27

Latent, overt, and hidden power

Answer 27

~latent: person lives with the decision
-ex: wife does not challenge avoiding conflict

~overt: open and observable. Not hidden
-ex: husband won’t do more

~hidden: domination seems natural, beneficial, and reasonable
-ex: wife accepts as “her duty”

Question 28

Institutions, interactions, and individuals

Answer 28

~institutional: ideology about women in the home
~interactional: doing gender with power- “king of castle”
~individual: women’s self worth in home

Question 29

Direct, indirect, and internal controls

Answer 29

~direct: rules and policies
~indirect: hiring of immigrants/vulnerable workers/monitor phone calls
~internalized: that the hierarchy is “natural” pleasure from work:work many hours and dedicated??

Question 30

“I-deals” career maps, teamwork and geoscientists

Answer 30

~geoscientists is a study in which teamwork and I-deals were observed
~I-deals are a sub set of goals for an individual person to reach their goals and advance in their career position wise.
~along with this comes teamwork which means that a group of people have a strong leader to help them by guiding them towards reaching their goals.
~this is were women and people of color lack and don’t have support and for this reason they tend to stay at the bottom of the pyramid

Question 31

How good are exchange theories in explaining power

Answer 31

~power is autonomy not domination
~conflicting desires correlate with needs that are negotiated
~theoretically driven measures of power are not just decision making

Ex: when women Work just as much as men the work (chores) in the home should be equal but they are not

Question 32

Indentured mobility

Answer 32

~hoang reading #22

Question 33

Globalization/neoliberalism

Answer 33

~globalization:

~neoliberalism: free market and its bases its on individualism

Question 34

Feminization of povert

Answer 34

~is a phenomenon in which woman are experiencing poverty at rates higher in comparison then men
~when they reference poverty it is not defined as simply a lack of money, but also the denial of access to fundamental human rights, including health, education, nutritious food, property, or representation

Question 35

Separate spheres

Answer 35

~breadwinners vs. homemakers
25% of households “traditional”
-there are 1 income earner and it is the male (traditional)
-the rest 75% or more is a 2 earner family
~rewards for activities consistent with convention

Question 36

Girl watching and sexual harassment and constructing masculinity

Answer 36

Girl watching and sexual harassment
~is a form of social practice and a disputable form of sexual harassment
~an act of men sexually evaluating women, sometimes in the company of other men while women are unaware
~they check out women’s bodies or have imagined sexual acts
~it is viewed as normal/trivial, guys just being guys
~fine line between having fun/harm and joking/harassment

Constructing masculinity
~way for men to assert their masculinity to one another
~show interest to emphasize heterosexuality
~do not show too much interest because this gives women power over men
~displays form of strength and dominance

Question 37

Family leave and cash for care and how it is gendered

Answer 37

~Family leave is gendered
-each parent had each # of fixed hrs per week?
~cash for care is neutral but
-parents could choose who would use the cash for care benefits
-part time work is “women’s work”

Question 38

Public fathering vs. private fathering

Answer 38

Public fathering
~engaging in public activities with/for their children “being there”
~being physically present, sometimes attention is divided
~fathers will adjust according to their children’s lives, mostly because
their occupation allows their schedule to be flexible
Ex: physicians
~performance of doing gender “doing fatherhood” & “parental visibility”

Private fathering
~more involved with daily care of their children vs being more present
In public events
~these men turn first to job then to their homes
Ex: EMT’s (jobs don’t allow for schedule flexibility like physicians)