Gender and Society

Second Shift (Hochschild)

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Second Shift (Hochschild)

the domestic work that employed women perform at home after they complete their work-day on the job

Rates films based on the criteria of containing at least two female characters who talk to each other about something besides a man.

hegemonic masculinity

the condition in which men are dominant and privileged, and this dominance and privilege is invisible

emphasized femininity

a set of socially constructed ideas about "model womanhood" organized around accommodating the interests of men and patriarchy

Among certain Native American peoples, a person, usually a male, who assumes the gender identity and is granted the social status of the opposite sex.

Interplanetary theory gender

Genders are significantly and innately different; men are from mars, women are from venus. Supports evolutionary or biological differences, such as the belief that men are more dominant and aggressive and women are submissive and nurturing.

corpus callosum

the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them

sex role theory

Talcott Parson's theory that men and women perform their sex roles as breadwinners and wives/mothers, respectively, because the nuclear family is the ideal arrangement in modern societies, fulfilling the function of reproducing workers

social constructionism

Human actors actively construct their "reality", rather than discovering a reality that has inherent validity, through their social interactions. The beliefs and shared understandings of individuals create social realities.
In the context of illness, there is a gap b/t the biological reality of a medical condition and the societally created meaning of the condition. (ex. changing conceptualizations of mental illness results in changes to the DSM). It is a dynamic, ongoing process.

Traditional evolutionary theory

Men seek more partners, women more choosy