Preliminaries Flashcards
Refers to biological differences that distinguishes humans and other animals into 2 main categories: male and female
Sex
Encompasses all the social, cultural, psychological characteristics that a culture assigns to males and females
Gender
Defined as culturally assigned tasks and activities to sexes
Gender Role
Propagates the worldview that heterosexuality is the norm
Heteronormative Society
Refers to a category that groups people with the similar economic, social, cultural, and political status
Socioeconomic Class
In this status the basis of ranking people only include income in the family
Economic Status
Jobs that are viewed to be prestigious and are attained with degrees or more
White-collar Jobs
These jobs are socially stigmatized and invites disapproval from societal members
Blue-collar Jobs
Determines once social class and status in their society where higher class have more job opportunities than lower class
Indian Caste System
The Priest
Brahmins
King, Ruler, Warriors
Kshatriyas
Merchants, Craftsmen, and Skilled Workers
Vaisyas
Unskilled workers, and Servants
Sudra
Untouchables, Outcasts
Dalits
Highest socioeconomic class during the Spanish colonial era
Peninsulares
Pure Spanish Blood born in the Philippines
Insulares
Filipinos who studied abroad
Ilustrados
Fourth in the hierarchy during the Spanish Era
Mestizos
Native Filipinos born and raised in the Philippines
Indios
Wealthy industrialists, Owners of haciendas, etc.
Upper Class
Professional, Skilled and Semi-skilled, Workers in Offices, Factories or Farms
Middle Class
Laborers, and Unskilled Workers
Lower Class
Class that owns the “means of production”
Bourgeois
They don’t own any means of production and must work to survive
Proletariats
Refers to financial resources that an individual possesses
Economic Capital
Collection or a network of an individual’s social relations with people that may be of help in the future
Social Capital
Combination of knowledge, behaviors, and skills that an individual has acquired to demonstrate once cultural competence and in turn, determine one’s social status in society
Cultural Capital
American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist known for her theory on moral development and gender
Carol Gilligan
Specific group of people having certain similar characteristics and a distinct cultural identity
Ethnic Group
Used to denote the shared culture of ethnic groups.
Ethnicity
Socially constructed category attributed to people who share the same biological traits or attributes
Race
Set of beliefs and ritual practices related to symbols considered as sacred
Religion
The belief that spiritual forces reside in natural elements of the physical world
Animism
Collective groups of people who are singled out, distinguished, and treated as subordinates or inferior by the dominant or majority group
Minority Group