Unit 4 Exam Flashcards
Gender Stratification
The unequal distribution of wealth, power & privilege between various genders
Gender
Personal traits and social position that members of a society attach to being various gender expressions
norms, roles and behaviors associated in a given society with being male/female/trans/ neutral
Sex
The anatomical or other biological differences between humans that originate in human genes
Gender Roles
The actions, attitudes, and behaviors that are considered appropriately masculine or feminine in a particular culture.
Patriarchy
Any set of social relationships in which men dominate women.
Matriarchy
A set of social relationships in which women dominate men.
Gender Socialization
The process of learning social norms and values around gender.
Gender Agents of Socialization
Family, education, peer groups and mass media
Intersection Theory
The confluence of social statuses that shape people’s lives, access to resources and power, justice, health, and well-being.
Feminism
The belief that social equality should exist between the sexes; also, the social movements aimed at achieving that goal.
Environmental Sociology
the study of community in the largest possible sense
Importance of Local
local communities that are least politically empowered- whether because of class, heritage, nationally or rural location- receive the bulk of them
Climate Change as Science NOT belief
global warming/climate change is NOT a belief it’s a science
% of water on Earth suitable for drinking
1%
6X extinction
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