Gender Inequality Flashcards
raising movement to get people to understand that gender is an organizing principle of life. The underlying belief is that women and men should be accorded equal opportunities and respect.
Feminism
the biological differences that distinguish males from females.
sex
desire, sexual preference, and sexual identity and behavior.
sexuality
a social position; the set of social arrangements that are built around normative sex categories.
gender
a line of though that explains social phenomena in terms of natural ones.
essentialism
a line of thought that explains social behavior in terms of who you are in the natural world.
biological determinism
the condition in which men are dominant and privileged, and this dominance and privilege is invisible.
hegemonic masculinity
sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one’s status as a male or female.
gender roles
a nearly universal system involving the subordination of femininity to masculinity.
patriarchy
theoretical tradition claiming that every society has certain structures that exist to fulfill some set of necessary functions.
structural functionalism
Talcott Parson’s theory that men and women perform their sex roles as breadwinners and wives/mothers, respectively , because the nuclear family is the ideal arrangements in modern societies, fulfilling the function of reproducing workers.
sex role theory
occurs when a person’s sex or gender is the basis for judgment, discrimination , and hatred against him or her.
sexism
an illegal form of discrimination, involving everything from inappropriate jokes on the job to outright sexual assault to sexual barter - all intended to make women feel uncomfortable and unwelcome, particularly on the job.
sexual harassment
an invisible limit on women’s climb up the occupational ladder.
the glass ceiling
the accelerated promotion of men to the top of a work organization, especially in feminized jobs.
glass escalator
From a sociological perspective , what is the general difference between sex and gender?
sex is biological and gender is culture
ACCORDING TO YMAY, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS CORRECT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SEXED BODIES?
Thousands of years ago, the one-sex model was most prevalent
A person’s sex is not always determined at birth
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AFFECTED BY GENDER?
- Baby names
- Marriage
- Education
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SAY THAT MASCULINITY IS HEGEMONIC?
men are privileged.
the characteristics that would mark someone as a perfect example of their gender.
gender ideals
a person’s identification as a woman, a man, or some combination of the two
gender identity
the communication of person’s gender identity to others, through behavior, clothing, hairstyle, and other means.
gender expression
a set of social expectations regarding behavior and attitudes based on a person’s gender.
gender roles
individuals who identify with a gender different from the one associated with their sex
transgender people
