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SOC 100 Mid #2 > Slide 3- Gender Stratification > Flashcards

Slide 3- Gender Stratification Flashcards

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What is the difference between sex and gender

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Sex: Male and female; biologically based differences between men and women [ reproductive and chromosomal functions

Ex. Vagina

Gender: Masculinity and Feminity; personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being a male/female
Ex. Appearance, behaviours, preferences, social roles

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What is Gender role socialization

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It is a major force in understanding how gender relations work

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What are some scripts that boys and girls are programed to do through a process of subtle or explicit sanctions or rewards

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Girls
* Should be modest; if they have partners they are sluts

  • Girls should be aggressive or they’re bitches
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Four types of gender socialization in our community

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  1. Gender socialization in the family
    [pink versus blue worlds
  2. Gender within Peer groups
    Girls - engage in less competitive games
    [Hopscotch]
  3. Gender within school
    Gender within children’s literature
  4. Gender and the Media
    men centre stages as fearless, skilled and smart in movies
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How many types of gender inequality are there

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there are four types of gender inequality

Patriarchy

gender hegemony

hegemonic masculinity

hegemonic feminity

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What is patriarchy

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It is a form of social organization where men have more authority than women

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What is Gender Hegemony

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It is the ideological domination by males over others
[ to the point where an alternative cannot be imagined]

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Hegemonic Feminity

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The form of feminity typically matched to stereotypical behaviours and attitudes

[ Ex. Being emotional, caring, nurturing, emphasized feminine look]

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what is the second shift/ double burden

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women do more housework, childcare and eldercare, resulting in less leisure time

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what is the second shift/ double burden? - costs of women

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women do more housework, childcare and eldercare, resulting in less leisure time

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what is the second shift/ double burden? - the cost of women

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women do more housework, childcare and eldercare, resulting in less leisure time

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Glass ceiling effect - the cost of women

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women’s limited potential to move up

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Glass escalator effect - cost of women

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the male nurse quickly move into an administrative role

nurse is female dominant and yet there are more males in higher positions

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Glass escalator effect - the cost of women

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the male nurse quickly move into an administrative role

nurse is female dominant and yet there are more males in higher positions

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What are some consequences of gender stratification on men

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higher rates of suicide, accidental deaths, violence, stress-related diseases

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Why are men more likely to get hurt according to gender stratification

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men are encouraged to partake in high-risk behaviors

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Why are men more likely to get hurt according to gender stratification

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men are encouraged to partake in high-risk behaviours

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Why are men more likely to get hurt according to gender stratification?

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men are encouraged to partake in high-risk behaviours

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What is the definition of sexual orientation

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Preferences in romantic/sexual partners; not directly mapped onto sex or gender

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What is the definition of Heteronomativity

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The assumption that heterosexuality is a universal norm, making homosexuality invisible or ‘abnormal’

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what is the definition of Homophobia

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Irrational fear or hatred of homosexuality

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What is the definition of transphobia

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irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against transgender people

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What is the definition of transphobia?

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irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against transgender people

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Who is Talcott Parsons

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Argued that males posses instrumental character traits [rationality and goal attainment] while females displace expressive character traits [emotional communication and interaction with others]

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What did Talcott Parsons believe was the most efficient way to carry out society’s tasks of reproduction and socialisation

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-believed that gendering is most efficient way to carry out society’s tasks of reproduction and socialization

26
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Who was Marx’s friend

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Engles

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What did Engels believe increased male domination

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Believed that capitalism increased male domination

28
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Who are primary consumers and why do they buy so much

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Women are primary consumers - they find fulfillment in buying and using products

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What did engles mean by double-exploitation of capitalism

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Men are also exploited but women are treated worse

  • Men paid low wages, and women paid none
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What is intersectionality

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theoretical approach that examines the interlocking nature of social identity categories [such as ethnicity,class, and gender] that creates more complex, interdependent systems of oppression and marginalization

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What is an example of intersectionality

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Racialized women earn 12 percent less than their white female peers

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Who was the first person to coin the term intersectionality

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Kimberle Crenshaw

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What are the three types of feminism

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  1. Liberal Feminism
  2. Socialist Feminism
  3. Radical Feminism
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What is liberal Feminism

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Belief and focus on the individual rights of men & women

Legal and cultural barriers should be removed to allow men and women to reach their potential

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What is socialists feminism

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Believe that liberation will only come through collective action

Family form must be replaced so that women are not ‘domestic slaves’
Calls for a socialist revolution

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Radical Feminism

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Society must eliminate gender; must separate women’s bodies from process of child-bearing

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Which two people are involved in symbolic interactions on social stratification

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West and Zimmerman

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What did West and Zimmerman work on

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their work was based on Goffman’s dramaturgical theory

Gender is not a fixed identity that we take with us into out interactions with others; gender is a product of those interactions

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what is performativity

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gender is active doing-not natural being

People tend to reproduce masculine dominance and feminine submissiveness in their behaviour

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