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Chapters 12-13-6-7
Exam 3
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
11/15/2011

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Gender Role

(Men and Woman)

Definition

(Woman)-Facing pressure on being thin, beautiful, submissive, sexy and maternal.

(Men)-Being stay at home dads.

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Multiple Masculiniteies
Definition
The idea that men learn and plau a full range of gender roles.
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Second Shift
Definition
The double burden-work outside the home followed by child care and housework-that many woman face and few men share equitably.
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Gender Role
Definition
Vary greatly from one physical environment, economy and political system to the next.
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Feminism; First Wave
Definition

Susan B Anthony-Arrested for trying to vote (1872)

Feminist movement in 1848

1920- 19th Amendment granted woment the right to vote in national electuons.

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Feminism; Second Wave
Definition
Rights to woman over their productive rights. 1960-1970
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Feminism; Third Wave
Definition

1990s feminism ventured into cultural sphere to embrace a multiplicity of voices, espressions and experiences.

Two Key Theories: Idea-Stand point theory. The world is shaped by the places we have been.

 

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Sex
Definition
The biological difference between males and females
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Gender
Definition
Social and cultural significance that we attach to the biological difference of sex
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Difference between sex and gender
Definition

Sex-Biological significance

Gender- Social and cultural significance

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Feminism
Definition
The belife in social, economic, and political equality for woman
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Heterosexual
Definition

Straight peple

A category of sexual orientation that includes those who are sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

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Homosexual
Definition

Gay's Bi's and Lesnians

The category of sexual orientaion that includes those who are attracted to members of the same sex

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Transgender
Definition

People who appear to be biologically one sex but who identify with the gender of another.

Uncle ronnie to aunt ronda

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Heteronormativity
Definition
A term that sociologists use to describe the culture persupposeition that herterosexuality is the appropriate standard fir sexual identity and pratice and that alternative sexualiities are deviant, abnormal, or wrong.
Term
By definition, all of the following are sexually attracted members of their own sex except?
Definition
Heterosexual
Term
The belife in social, economic, and political equality for woman is called?
Definition
Feminism
Term
Step family
Definition
Term
Sociologist use the term heteronormativity to describe?
Definition
The cultural presupposition that heterosexuailty is the standard for sexual identity and practices
Term
Minority group
Definition
A subordinate group whose members, even if they represent a numeric majority, have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the majority group have over theirs.
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Majority group
Definition
Most people in a group. (More of whites than asians, hispanics or blacks)
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Racial Group
Definition
A group that is set apart from others because of physical differences that have taken on social significance.
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Ethnic Group
Definition
A group that is set apart from others primarily because of it's national origin or distinctive cultural patterens.
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Racial Formation
Definition
A sociohistorical process in which racial categories are created, inhabited, transformed, and destroyed.
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Stereotype
Definition
An unreliable generalization about all members of a group that does not recognize individual differences within the group
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Prejudice
Definition
A negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
Tendency to assume one's own culture and way of life represent the norm or superior ro all others
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Racism
Definition
The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior
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Hate Crime
Definition
A criminal offense committed because of the offenders bias, religion, ethnicity, national origin, or sexual orientation
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Discrimination
Definition
The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons
Term
Individual discrimination would be?
Definition
Glass ceiling
Term
Institutional discrimination is?
Definition
Reacial profiling
Term
Racial Profiling
Definition
Any police initated action based on race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than on a persons behavior
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Segregration
Definition
The physical separation of two groups of people in terms of residence, workplace, and socail events; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group
Term
Denying people opportunities and equal rights due to prejudice or other arbitary reasons is known as?
Definition
Discrimination
Term
Which type of group is concidered subordinate, with it's members having limited power or control over their lives?
Definition
Minority groups
Term
A negative attitude towards an entire category of people, often recail or ethnic group is called?
Definition
Prejudice
Term
A crime offense committed against someone because of their race, religion, ethnic group or sexual orientation is known as?
Definition
Hate crime
Term
Social Control
Definition
The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.
Term
Sanctions
Definition
Are penalty or reward for conduct concerning a coal norm
Term
Informal social control
Definition
Social control that is carried out causally by ordinary people through such mean as laughter, smiles and ridicules
Term
Formal social control
Definition
Social control that is carried out by authorized agents, such as police officers, judges, school administraters and employers
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Conformity
Definition
The act of going along with peers-individuals of our own status who have no special right to direct our behavior
Term
White Collar crime
Definition
Illegal acts committed by affluent, "respectable" individuals in the course of business activities
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Victimless crime
Definition
A team used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired, but illegal, goods and services.
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Differential association
Definition
A theory of deviance thath holds violation of rules results from exposure to attitude favorable to criminal acts
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Cohabitate
Definition
The practice of a mand and a woman living together in a sexual relastionship without being married
Term
Crime statistics in the United States show?
Definition
An indication of the level of certain crime
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Mocking laughter is among forms of sanctions that may be administered when _____ control is used bring an individual back into line with group norms.
Definition
Informal social
Term
According to the sociologiests Robert Merton's anomie theroy of deviance, the most common adaption to societal means and goals is
Definition
Conformity
Term
Authorized agents such as police officers and judges carry out
Definition
Formal social control
Term
_____ are penalties and rewards related to social norms
Definition
Sanctions
Term
Homagamy
Definition
The conscious or unconsious tendency to select a mate with personal characteristics and interests similar to one's own.
Term
Formal social control is used to encourage conformity and obedience and to discourage
Definition
Social norms
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Define a family
Definition
Based on blood, measuring shared genetic heritage, and law, meaning social recognition and affirmation of the bond including both marriage and adoption.
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Nuclear family
Definition
A married couple with unmarried children living at home.
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Extended family
Definition
A family in which relatives such as grandparents, aunts, and uncles living in the home as parents and thier children
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Monogamy
Definition
A form of marriage in which a man and a woman are married only to each other
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Serial monogamy
Definition
Having a number of spouses in a lifetime but only one spuse at a time
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Polygyny
Definition
A form of marriage in which a man has several wives at the same time
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Polygamy
Definition
A form of marriage in which a person has several husbands or wives at the same time
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Domestic partner
Definition
Two unrelated adults who share a mutually caring relationship, reside together, and agree to be jointly resposible for their dependents, basic living expenses, and other common necessities
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Polyandry
Definition
A form of marraige in which a woman has several husbands at the same time
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Exagamy
Definition
The requirement that people select a mate outside certain groups
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Incest
Definition
A borther and sister having a sexual relationship
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