Shared Flashcard Set

Details

sociology test 2
sheet 1
8
Sociology
Undergraduate 1
04/01/2009

Additional Sociology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
sex
Definition
refers to the biological disticinction btw males and females
Term
intersexuals
Definition
rare cases of people born with a combination of female and male reproductive characterstics
Term
transexuals
Definition
people who are biologically one sex but feel that they are other
Term
gender
Definition
refers to the personal traits, characteristics, and social positions which are attatched to being male or female, depending on what a particular society considers appropriate
Term
gender stratification
Definition
refers to the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privelege btw men and women
Term
sexism
Definition
is the belief that one sex and/or gender is innately superior to another, justifying unequal treatment of the sexes
Term
sexuality
Definition
like gender, is a cultural issue and mostly socially construced
Term
gender roles
Definition
are attitudes and activities that a culture links to each sex. They are a society's ideas of how women and men should act, think, feel, and be.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!