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SOC 304
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Sociology
Undergraduate 4
10/09/2012

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How does Western society view gender?
Definition
Natural and unequivocally defined categories of being
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How does does sociology view gender?
Definition
A routine accomplishment embedded in everyday interaction
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Sex
Definition
biology, anatomy, hormones and physiology
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Sex
Definition
Male / Female
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Gender
Definition
Achieved status though psychological, social and cultural means -- interactions
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Sexuality
Definition
Feminine / Masculine
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Sexuality
Definition
Sexual preference, what you see yourself as
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Sex Category
Definition
What you see someone else as
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What is gender?
Definition
Meanings practices, and relation of femininity and masculinity that people create as they go about their daily lives in different social settings
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Gender is...
Definition
the product of social interactions, AND constant informer of social interactions
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Functionalism
Definition
Macro, social stability each part of society is necessary for our society, even the negative
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Conflict
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Macro, power, control, and oppression - society is structured around inequality
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Feminist
Definition
Men have power and control
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Symbolic Interaction
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Individual, creation and re-creation - symbols we created through interactions
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About how many children are thought to be born with intersex characteristics?
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How many people are considered 'inter-sexed' via difference in chromosome gonad, genital or hormone features?
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1%-4%
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What type of surgery did Claire have?
Definition
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Most children with ambiguous sexual anatomy require medical intervention for their physiological health.
Definition
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How many people are eligible for genital reconstruction surgery
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1 oe 2 in 2,000
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What is the trouble with testosterone?
Definition
Term
What seems to be the predominant sex selection criteria in intersex babies according to Dr. John Money?
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Penis Size
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Gender is socially ____, but does not appear to be 100% socially _____.
Definition
Constructed, determined
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_______ is actually about the same across groups, but _______ seem to play a role in crime type and location.
Definition
Violence, race and SES
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What happens when subordinates accept the legitimacy of a devalued identity, imposed by a dominant group?
Definition
They identify with the dominants, Normative Identification (hetero-sexy fit), and they prop up dominants (deflecting stigma)
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_____ of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 12
Definition
15%
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____ of sexual assault and rape victims are ages 12-17
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29%
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____ of sexual assault and rape victims are under ages 18
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44%
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____ of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 30
Definition
80%
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Ages ______ are the highest risk years for assault and rape.
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12-34
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Girls ages _____ and __ times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault
Definition
16-19 and 4
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White Privilege
Definition
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Male Privilege
Definition
Term
What is Privilege?
Definition
Unearned power and assets, Systematic/Institutional, We are taught to not recognize it, Its tough to admit.
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What is oppression?
Definition
Is the result of privilege. One group benefits while others suffer.
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_____ women run fortune 500 companies
Definition
18
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Discrimination
Definition
Unequal treatment of persons or groups on the basis of their race and ethnicity
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Differential Treatment
Definition
When individuals are treated unequally because of their race
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Disparate Impact
Definition
Individuals are treated equally according to a given set of rules and procedures but when the latter are constructed in ways that favor members of one group over another.
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Discrimination Areas of Concern
Definition
Employment, Housing, Credit Markers, Consumer Markets
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Objectification
Definition
Seeing and/or treating a person, usually a woman, as an object (reduction to body or parts, reduction to an instrument of sexual pleasure, silences the person)
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African American women are portrayed as
Definition
Wild, Untamed, Exotic, hyper-sexual
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____ Men commit murder
Definition
85%
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____ Men commit assault
Definition
90%
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____ Men commit domestic violence, Dating violence, and Child Sexual abuse
Definition
95%
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____ Men Commit acts of Rape
Definition
99.8%
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_____ of male batterers grew up in abusive households
Definition
81%
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_____ of male homicide victims are men
Definition
76%
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With road rage ___ are males
Definition
95%
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____ chance that transgendered children will be killed, or kill themselves
Definition
50%
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