Details Title: midterm Description: wst 100 Total Flash Cards: 18 Created: 10/14/2008 10:06:09		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Women's & Gender Studies Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term sex: male/female Definition not chosen, by nature as opposed to nurture, physical Term gender: masculinity/ femininity Definition chosen, by nurture not nature, social not physical Term berdache Definition man who walks talks and dresses like a woman, transvestite Term scripts of masculinity and femininity Definition strong protect, defend. weaker sex passive, sensitive, caregivers Term socialization Definition starts at birth and continues to death (baby showers, names, colors, talk, hold, decor) taught young Term race Definition a group of people categorized by physical markers Term one-drop rule Definition anyone with even 1 drop of black blood is considered black (used for voting, etc.) Term ethnicity Definition a group of people with shared cultures and experiences usually originating in the same country or region Term class Definition social category based on wealth and occupation Term feminization of poverty Definition women and children make up the largest % of homeless people in u.s. Term gender theories/ theories of inequality micro vs. macro Definition micro: individual features or characteristics lead to gender stratification. macro: societal features or characteristics lead to inequality. biological essentialist and social constructionist Term types of biological essentialist type theories Definition sociobiology, brain lateralization theories, hormonal theories Term sociobiology gender theory Definition systematic study of the biological basis of social behavior and organization, organism acts to maximize their reproductive potential Term brain lateralization theories Definition argue that differences in males and females are by different brain lateralizations (right brain vs. left) Term types of social constructionist theories Definition micro: socialization theories, psychoanalytic, freud, nancy chodorow, social learning theories, cognitive development theories Term reproduction of mothering Definition nancy chodorow: girls don't have to separate from mother because they are raised by the same gender Term marxist feminist Definition women's free labor freed men to work paid wages Term engel's Definition argues that male domination originated from growing and selling products, such as agriculture