Unit 9 Questions Flashcards
Describe the patriarch/property marriage model of marital relations
model of marriage in which women and children are owned by men
Describe the breadwinner/homemaker model of marital relations
model of marriage that involves a wage earning spouse supporting a stay at home spouse and children
Explain the economic mode of production related to both models
the home and work were one; whether that was farms or plantations or whatever
Define sexism and recognize examples of sexism in society
the production of unjust outcomes for people to be biologically female. Average parent thinks that son is smarter than daughter. Art and resumes tributes to men are evaluated more positively than men
Identify the relationship between family wage, the ideology of separate spheres and the breadwinner/homemaker model
a man was paid a family wage, the women stayed at home in a separate sphere, and the man was the breadwinner
List the problems associated with the breadwinner/homemaker model in modern society
it casted men and women as unequal
Distinguish the partnership union from prior marriage models and identify the factors that led to its development
after industrialization, the idea of division of work and home became ideology of separate spheres. Men collaborated to exclude women and blacks from labor unions and their position strengthened to become a family wage. Early feminists fought to end the patriarch model of marriage and the breadwinner emerged.
Define the idea worker norm
the idea that an employee should devote themselves to their jobs wholly and without the distraction of family responsibilities
Define androcentrism and identify examples
the production of unjust outcomes for ppl to be biologically female. Average parent thinks that son is smarter than daughter. Art and resumes tributes to men are evaluated more positively than men
Identify the impact of sexism for men in terms of subordinated and marginalized masculinity
men that are perceived as gay are called fags, pussies - subordinated masculinities - thinking that working class men are abusive and sexier and blacks are aggressive are marginalized
Explain the impact of hegemonic masculinity
they are viewed to be the highest people in society and validates that some men are better than others and superior to women
Explain and provide an example of the second shift
unpaid work of housekeeping and childcare that faces family members once they return home from their paid jobs. Doing house duties on top of ur actual job is a second shift
Compare and contrast shared division of labor with specialized division of labor
shared is an arrangement in which both partners do an equal share of paid and unpaid work and specialized is when one partner does more paid work than childcare and housework and the other does reverse
Identify how time use diaries are used to study how people use their time
shows how whole populations are spending their time and disparities in time spent on things like self care, leisure and sleep.
Describe the ideology of intensive motherhood and its associated social pressures
the idea that children require concentrated maternal investment.. most Americans believe that children are better cared for by their mothers - parenting is still considered female
Identify the impact of structural factors that incentivize the breadwinner/homemaker division of labor
domestic work is devalued so there’s an incentive to try to avoid it - men let women have the kitchen and the baby.
Explain how sexism and androcentrism result in the feminization of poverty
people who perform masculinity attract higher wages than people who perform femininely
Identify the gender (and sexuality and gender identity) wage gap
a women makes .82 for every man’s dollar. Heterosexual e men make more than gay men and cisgender men make more than trans people
Explain the impact of the glass ceiling and the glass escalator.
White men have a invisible ride to the top. When they enter female dominated professions, they get promoted more
Describe the androcentric pay scale
positive correlation between number of men in an occupation are relative to women and the wages paid to employees
Recognize the relative value of care work in society.
People who do care work pays less than other forms of feminized labor, and even more less than more masculine labor
Explain the phenomenon of male flight
phenomenon in which men start abandoning an activity when women start adopting it
Explain why sociologists describe the state of gender inequality as a stalled revolution
because men have not really embraced feminine qualities and access the feminine spheres of life
Describe the freedom/power paradox
situation whereby women have more freedom than men but less power and men have more power than women but less freedom
Define and describe the impact of domestic outsourcing
paying non family members to do family related tasks.
Explain the global care chain and its impact on both migration and disadvantage
series of nuturing relationships which international work of care is replaced into increasingly disadvantaged paid or unpaid workers.
