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Chapter 10 vocab
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
11/03/2008

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Gender
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the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male
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Gender Stratification
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the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women
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Matriarchy
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("rule of mothers"), a form of social organization in which females dominate males
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Patriarchy
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("rule of fathers"), a form of social organization in which males dominate females
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Sexism
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the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other
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Type A personality
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marked by chronic impatience, driving ambition, competitiveness, and free-floating hostility
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Gender Roles
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attitude and activities that a society links to each sex
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Nurturers
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people who give life and help others
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Minority
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any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that a society sets apart and subordinates
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Intersection theory
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the interplay of race, class, and gender, often resulting in multiple dimensions of disadvantage
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Sexual Harassment
Definition
comments,gestures, or physical contacts of a sexual nature that are deliberate, repeated, and unwelcome
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