Social Institution Flashcards
a set of societal norms dictating the types of behaviors which are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for people based on their actual or perceived sex or sexuality
Gender role
Gender roles in our society are acquired via the process of
Socialization, not genetic determined
The process by which an individual learns to conform to the norms of the group
Socialization
Consist of laws, customs, folkways, and fashion that strongly influence, if not shape individual behaviors so that those would conform to group demands
Socialization institution
Internalized so that society’s moral demands and standards become constitutive elements of the individual’s personality.
Socialization institution
notes 4 processes involved in gender socialization:
Ruth Hartley
means that people handle girls and boys differently as infants
Manipulation
means that people direct children’s attention to gender appropriate objects
Canalization
telling children what they are and what is expected of them
Verbal appellation
familiarizing children to their gender-appropriate tasks
Activity exposure
has the most influence because the formative years of every individual is almost always spent with and developed by this
Family
promotes and encourages the different gender roles between men and women
School/ education
Impacts government,
family, media and work
School/education
Reinforcing gender stereotypes through
Religious teachings, doctrines, symbols
Good women/wife as martyrs, self-sacrificing and conservatives affecting reproductive
choices
Religion
are the basis of the social construction of gender; existing, past, and future
Media
influential over all areas of one’s identity
Media
Instrumental in passing law that are discriminatory to women and other sexual orientation.
State
Women are liability
Work
Gender roles result in
Gender biases
Limits women’s participation in dev’t process, state of deprivation, being neglected, edged out.
Marginalization
Women are treated second rate because of
Biological determined make up
Subordination
Weaker sex, not recognized.
Subordination
a fixed, general image of a person shared by many people
Gender stereotyping
Women are not born, but they are made
Gender stereotyping
involve in countless roles. Reproductive, productive and community role
Multiple burden
any act to harm a woman. A chosen action to a chosen victim
Violence against women
__ out of __ women are abused. ___ cases per week
Violence against women
“Acts which are born out of the status of women in society”
Violence against women
all the above manifestations of gender bias have a direct negative effect on the personhood of every woman
Obstacle to personhood
