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Sociology
Undergraduate 4
12/11/2012

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Term
sex
Definition
refers to biological parts that make a person male or female
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gender
Definition
refers to sociocultural ideas about what is masculine or feminine
Term
sexual objectification
Definition
representing a person like a sex object, one that serves anothers sexual pleasure
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glass cieling
Definition
unreachable barrier that keeps minorities and women from rising up the corporate latter, regardless of qualification
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glass escalator
Definition
rapid promotion of men over women, especially into management, in female dominated fields
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male in female dominated jobs
Definition

adv.= better promotion chances, hiring diversity, competence assumption

 

disadv.= stigmatized, toughest intense jobs, sexuality assumptions

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wage gap
Definition

women earn 77 cents

unconscious bias, occupational segragation, women more likely to leave workplace

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separate spheres
Definition

public for men

private for women (devaluation women works)

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culture of true womenhood

(4)

Definition

1- piety religion

2- purity pure vs. "fallen women"

3- submissiveness

4- domesticity - women in house

Term
schools encourage heterosexuality
Definition

shop class for men, home ec for girls

gendered dress codes

sex ed on heterosexual

Term
difference between gay and fag
Definition

male homosexuals but not insult

can be gay and masculine

fag opposite of masculine

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hegemonic masculinity
Definition

normative ideal male behavior

dominate over subordinate men and females

not necessarily most prevalent form of masculinity

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emphasized feminity
Definition

exaggerated form of feminity

idea woman must conform to desires of men

compare themselves by position on heterosexual market

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compulsive heterosexuality
Definition

behaviors, interactions, institutional structures that reinforce heterosexuality.

efforts of men to prove manhood

pressure to be sexually active

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gender maneuvering
Definition

women act masculine while still fitting in

allowed for women but not men being feminine

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primary deviance
Definition

behavior that does not conform to the social norms, concealed from others.

person does not see themselves as deviant

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secondary deviance
Definition

person continues deviant behavior after being caught and labeled.

accepts label and keeps doing behavior as self concept

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role engulfment
Definition

person becomes completely caught up in deviant role.

workaholic, drugy

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labeling theory
Definition

deviant person is someone to whome the label deviant successfully applied.

label given by someone with power.

sex offender, stole from store

power can deflect label

Term
situational ethics
Definition

ethics vary by circumstances

killing in war, cheating

Term
neutralization
Definition

process of situationally definning deviant behaviors

explaining violation by arguing circumstances

Term
5 types of neutralization
Definition

1- denial of responsibility- pushed into it

2- appeal to higher loyalties - value beyond law

3- condemnation of condemners - authority figure equally deviant

4- denial of injury - action causes no harm to others, not morally wrong

5- denial of victim - victim of deviance deserved it

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deterrence theory
Definition

looks at why people dont commit crimes

engage in deviance if dont fear punishment

swift, certain, and severe

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strain theory
Definition

deviance increases when we experience "strain" between what is culturally defined as success and access

conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism, rebellion

Term
social change
Definition
single dramatic event, shifting population size, enviro pressures
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social movements
Definition
continuous, large scale, organized collective action motivated by the desire to enact or reverse change
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social movement types (3)
Definition

1- reform movement - change one aspect of society, law

2- countermovement - prevent or reverse change

3- revolutionary movement - overthrow all social structure, American Revolution

Term
5 reasons movements succeed
Definition

1- coherent ideology

2- rising expectations

3- bureaucratization

4- resource mobilization theory

5- open political structure

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coherent ideology
Definition

system of beliefs, values, and ideas justifying movements existence.

define, identify supporters, provides supporters

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rising expectations
Definition

conditions at their worst, many focused on survival.

likely when conditions improve somewhat

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bureaucratization
Definition

best organized monements seem to be most successful.

if too much might slow down movement, infighting

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resource mobilization theory
Definition

require system for attaining resources

lobbyists and political committees

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open political structures
Definition
political structures are unyielding people often deal with problems individually, when criticism of order is allowed
Term
readings 1 , 2 ,3 ,4
Definition

SMO reading, reluctancy by US people

LaBeff - cheaters

chapter 5 - GBball team

chapter 4 - reinforce hetero, compulsive hetero

Term
black women true womanhood
Definition

slavery women not pure, as property, not legally raped

hypersexualized and animalistic

Term
black women movements different from white
Definition

excluded from culture of domestisicity and black likely to combine marriage

worse position to challenge domesticity

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black middle class
Definition

inclusive manner

womens role descends boundaries of home

intellectual equality

public and private spheres

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