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Question | Answer |
Sex | biological division into male or female (or intersex) |
Gender | parallel or socially unequal division into feminity and masculinity |
Gender Roles | set of attitudes/expectations that relates to male/female |
Feminist Liberalism | identifies women as a class entitled to rights as women ** focus on workplace ** mainly benefits white/straight/mid-class |
Feminist Essentialism | looks at difference between was men/women think ** patriarchy |
Feminist Socialism | account for gender/sexuality in analysis of society |
Feminist Post Modernism | looks at women more as subjects who guide research rather than as objects be researched |
Feminization | occurs when certain jobs/industries become dominated by women ex: education services (elementary), health care, real estate, etc. |
Hegemonic Masculinity | normalize and naturalize men's dominance and women's subdominance |
Subordinate Masculinity | behaviours/presentations of self that threaten 'Hegemonic Masculinity' |
Marginalized Masculinity | adaptations of masculinities to such issues as race/class |
Complicit Masculinity | benefit from ways 'Hegemonic Masculinity' constructs gender order and regimes |
Gender Socialization | 1. the family 2. peer group 3. the school (hidden curriculem) 4. mass media |
Gender Stratification | unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men/women |
Disability | limits person's ability to participate in regular activities in the home, work, school, etc. |
Medical Model | - medicalization - determined by doctor(s) - positivist model |
Economic Model | - contribution or drain to economy - either sympathetic or not |
Social Constructionist Model | - social category not natural BUT important |
Ableism | prejudice/discrimination against those who are disabled |
Approaches to Disability | 1. Integration & Rehabilitation 2. Elimination (ex: eugenics movement, Sexual Sterilization Act) |
Nuclear Family vs. Extended Family | nuclear- parents & kids extended- parents & kids & grandparents/other relatives |
Simple Household vs. Complex Household | simple- unrelated adults with kids complex- 2+ adults who are related and could live seperately (ex: kid in uni) |
Nine Changes in Family | 1. marriage rate down, cohabitation up 2. age of first marriage is rising 3. more divorces (but rate is falling) 4. women have kids in 30s 5. kids per family below replacement rate 6. more couples without kids 7. kids moving out later 8. more single parents 9. more people living alone |
Conjugal Roles | roles of the husband/wife that result form the division of labour within the family |
Endogamy vs. Exogamy | endo- marriage within SAME race exo- marriage OUTSIDE race |
Human Capital Thesis | marginalized groups earn less money than dominant groups because they possess less human capital in for go education, skill, and exposure |
Cultural Reproduction Theory *** Jeannie Oakes *** | education system reproduces/reinforces inequality of society |
Instrumental Education vs. Critical Education | instrumental- course narrowly directed towards specific tasks critical- analysis of ideas and classroom discussion |
Meritocracy | you are only as good as your grade |
Multicultural Education | - improve educational achievement - promote quality of opportunity - reduce prejudice and discrimination |
Medical Sociology | medical practices/beliefs are intensely social |
Sick Role *** Talcott Parsons *** | give liscens to be temporarily deviant BUT: - obligated to 'get well', 'seek help' - should be exempted from normal social responsibilities - expected to be 'taken care of' |
Biomedicine | application of standard principles and western scientific disciplines in diagnosis/treatment |
Inverse Care Law *** Dr Julian Tudor Hart *** | good medical care available where it is needed the least (and vice-versa) |
Embedded Journalism | journalist travels/protected by military and writes what they want AKA military propaganda |
Propaganda Model ** Edward S. Herman&Noam Chomsky ** | 1. narrow concentration of ownership of media organizations 2. financial dependency on advertisers 3. how news is obtained 4. "experts" and interviews / quotes 5. "flak" ( use of terminology of authors) 6. controlling interests have power to preserve status quo / dominant ideologies |
Hyperreal (aka Simulacra) *** Jean Beudrillard *** | aspect of mass culture that draws on/promotes stereotypes on mass media |
Media Gazes | - classist - androcentric - heterosexist - Eurocentric - racialized |
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