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Soc. 2000 Exam #2

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Gender Globally
-sex is a global major sorting device
-men and women hold different statuses globally
-In U.S men are paid more, and they dominate politics and public life
-women are viewed as minority, even though they make up more of the population
sexism
the belief that one sex is superior to another and the discrimmination that results from that
women and positions of power
-only individual women have significant power, never groups of women
-in Sweden efforts are being made to close the gender gap, more woman are gaining power
sexual stratification @ work
-stratification by sex: single out males/females with purpose of doing diff jobs
-work is sex typed
-mens activities are given more prestige than females (doctors are mostly men)
symbolic interactionalist (on gender difference)
-believe gender differences are learned
-look at the diff. between sex & gender
-sex--->biological -gender---->socialized
gender roles
-activities/behavior expected of boys/men bc they're male, and things excepted of girls/woman bc they are female
-social institution enforces gender rules (if we act in a way that is not expected of us we are looked down on, embarassed, etc)
how do we learn gender roles?
-taught to us by family/peers
-family is the first significant, we learn first from them
symbols and gender
-symbolic interactionalist point out society uses symbols to gender us (ex: girls bathroom logo wearing skirt)
-symbols guide attitudes/behavior
-symbolic interactionalist interested in everyday interaction and how these symbols effect behavior/lang
(Ex: the way women/men sit, the typical male/female sports/ men with baby/ women with baby)
structural functionalism (Theory of complementary roles)
-gender in harmonizing roles
-how roles link men/women together while building familys & intergrating society as a whole
-how gender works together to make society run smoothly
society/parent roles in raising male/female
-MALES are socialized using INSTRUMENTAL ORIENTATION(rational, competetive, goal oreiented)
-FEMALE are socialized using EXPRESSIVE ORIENTATION(emotional, responsive, cooperative, nurturing)
-teaching children these roles so they are being socialized as they come into adulthood
social functionalist theorist (on gender)
-argue more women in workforce leads to divorce and out of marriage child birth
-children more likely to suffer from divorce when both parents work
-these kids more liely to be economically/ socially disadvantaged if born to single mother
social conflict (gender)
-conflict between m/f
-argues gender creates female "have notes" and male "has"
marxist perspective
-patriarchy in social institution was result of social capitalism
-due to raise of capitalism we saw men become dominant class
-society teaches woman personal fullfillment comes from marriage and being a consumer
(ex: women as gold diggers, women love shopping, popular wedding industry)
gender/social stratification
-gender becomes form of social stratification
-argue true gender equality is only possible when woman are able to assume positions of power in economy & political system
-will allow us to re-define social structures that opress woman
gender & education
-believed womens metal life was tied to womb
-woman should study during menstration
-OBERLIN COLLEGE: 1st to allow women, but they had to clean up after and serve men
-at college level we see phenonmenon of gender tracking (diff. majors in male/female)
MEN----> business, math, economics, engineering
WOMEN---> sociology, pysch, edu
-edu. plays major role in male/ female sterotypes
-when kids enter preschool they know what its like to be male/female
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