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Finals Review
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
04/29/2007

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Term
Sex vs. gender
Definition
sex: biological parts
gender: expectations, society-based
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Patriarchy
Definition
society in which males rule
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feminism
Definition
fight for woman's rights
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first wave feminism
Definition
before 1920s right to vote
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second wave feminism
Definition
1960s-70s right to work, right to equal pay-sue for sexual harassment-domestic violence
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third wave feminism
Definition
international-eliminate discrimination and the pay gap
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sex typing of work
Definition
women expected to perform specific jobs
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pink collar jobs
Definition
vast majority of jobs females perform today
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pay gap
Definition
women only paid 80 percent of what men are paid
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glass ceiling
Definition
women have trouble getting into management
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glass escalator
Definition
easier for men to get into management
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mommy track
Definition
companies justify not promoting women due to their potential to become pregnant or their current kids
Term
sexual harassment
Definition
touching, groping in an unwanted way; also includes bribery, hostility, or disparaging behavior
Term
rape
Definition
most rapes are people who women know
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murder
Definition
ex-boyfriend or ex-husband-most commonly a male to female
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reasons why rape is underreported
Definition
guilt or shame
embarrassment
feel partly responsible
age-sometimes young children
bad memories
fear
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the erosion of abortion rights since roe v. wade
Definition
parental consent
24 hour waiting period
no 2nd trimester abortions
informed consent
attacks on clinics
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race as a social construction
Definition
over time created different categories
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ethnicity
Definition
come from different linguistic or cultural group(ex: irish-american)
Term
prejudice
Definition
words or thoughts; offensive to various groups
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individual discrimination
Definition
personal discrimination
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institutional discrimination
Definition
whole company discriminates
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apartheid
Definition
government separates a group of people-make them live apart
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frustration/scapegoat theory on discrimination/predjudice
Definition
vent frustrations on a specific group; people cannot strike out at the real sources so they look for someone to blame
Term
conflict theory on discrimination
Definition
want to be able to make all the profits
Term
symbolic interactionism:
Definition
examines how lables affect perception and create prejudice
ex: asian-violin or math-selective perception
Term
hispanic
Definition
largest minority in the united states-some live here illegally from mexico
Term
plessy v. ferguson
Definition
separate but equal-stripped blacks of political power
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brown v. board of education
Definition
schools are not equal-they are lousy teachers
Term
asian americans
Definition
came to west coast due to proximity
japanese americans
Term
reparations
Definition
20,000 dollars to anyone who went through treatment
Term
native americans
Definition
didn't want to blend in and their self determination was renowned
"let us do what we want on our own land"
Term
native american mascots debate
FOR
Definition
tradition/history
not offensive-all in good fun
honoring native americans
Term
against-native americans mascot
Definition
offensive to the group
blackfacing-tryinig to be something they're not
Term
ways to judge someone's age-symbolic interactionist perspective on aging
Definition
biology: wrinkles, gray hair
personal history-grandad-married-retired
gender age-older men more visible than women
timetables: 18 special 65 retire
Term
conflict perspective on social security
Definition
requires people to require at 65 to get their jobs-not out of goodwill-conflict of two parties
Term
reasons for expected intergenerational conflict when it comes to social security and medicare
Definition
1.)more make it to retirement age
2.)live longer once they hit retirement age
3.)old age diseases costly to treat
Term
age cohort
Definition
the people you go through life with
Term
functionalist perspective on aging
Definition
the do society a service by disengaging or staying active
Term
malthusian
Definition
adresses issues of population-predicted number of people grow faster than food supply-arithmetic growth of food supply will not grow as fast at the geometric growth of people
Term
problems of overpopulation
Definition
infastructure
unemployment
pollution
fees
Term
population shrinkage
Definition
crime
no employment
no business
infastructure
Term
three variables used to measure population
Definition
fertility, migration, mortality
Term
edge city
Definition
a large clustering of service facilities and residential areas near highway in intersections that provides a sense of place to people who live, shop, and work there
Term
gentrification
Definition
middle class people moving back downtown(run down) to displace the poor and to buy and restore homes
Term
environmental racism
Definition
minorities suffer more due to pollution in their areas, care less so have higher pollution
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three stages of malthusians(demographic transition theory)
Definition
a three stage historical process of population growth
first high birth rates and high death rates
next, high birth rates and low death rates
finally, low birth rates and low death rates
Term
anti-malthusians:
Definition
there is now more food for each person in the work than 1950
Term
acid rain
Definition
sulfur dioxideoo-gives rain acidic content; builds up in areas
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greenhouse effect
Definition
explains how temperatures are supposed to rise from gases which stay in the atmosphere
Term
ecosabotage
Definition
terrorism against those who destroy the environment(ex. ELF)
Term
clean air act
Definition
first u.s. legislation to reduce emissions into atmosphere
Term
air pollution and auto emissions
Definition
fewer auto emissions required-lower level standards than 1980
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