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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
03/14/2011

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What is the Berdache
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It is a transformed word by the french which means two spirit person in which a so called third gender.
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What is the difference between "Sex" and "Gender"?
Definition
"Sex" is made up of androsperm and gynosperm which is xx and xy chromosomes where as to the gender is cultural expectations and how people think or feel.
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What is Adrogyny?
Definition
male and female combined= andro is male...gyny is female
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What are intersexuals?
Definition
people who change bilogical traits
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What is transvestites
Definition
is an indpendent of sexual orientation
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what does biological stand for in terms of gender.
Definition
people have brain differences. predepositions
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What is Socio-cultural?
Definition
Male dominance...patriachy
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What does the term Gestation Mean?
Definition
It is the Determination of sex
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What are Androgens?
Definition
Male sex hormones
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What is the Bisocial Approach?
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It is Biological differences where "on average" where men are born with certain preposition traits
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What is Social Differences dealing with biosocial approach?
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Our social environment modifies these traits that men and women are born with
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What is the childhood construction of gender?
Definition
social role which is gender role
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What is parent Socialization?
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It is the process by which a person learns the ways in society in order to function
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What is Socialization Approach
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Children are awarded for appropriate behavior..the bad get punished
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How do children learn from there parents?
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passively
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What is the feed-back loop
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its where children and parents influence each others behaviors.
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How else do children learn besides parents?
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The media, books, videos..etc
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What is the peer group?
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People who are the same age and status
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What is an example of pre-prepositions
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An example would be boys having aggressive behaviors
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What is the psychoanalytic approach?
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Boys must transfer there attachment...girls dont have to do this
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What is the interactionist approach
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Gender is more fluent so it needs constant reienforcemnt and maiteance
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What is Patriachy
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social order where women are more dominent than men.cherlin its men
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What is sex gender systems?
Definition
transformation of biological differences between men and women in social order thats supports male dominance
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What is the Queer Theory?
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Where a person is gay one day and straight the next
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captialism
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an economic system where goods and services are produced and sold on a market.
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What is Socialism
Definition
government decides on number on types of goods that are sold to.
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What is comparable discrimination?
Definition
Men and women have the same job but women get paid less
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What is Socialgists Contribution
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Roles of men and women are socially and culturally constructed
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What is patrilocal?
Definition
Kinship where married couples live with husbands parents
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What is the standard role theory?
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its when the children learn passively
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In the 1700's what did they think of homosexual...and what did they think in the 1900s
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1700,s didnt see a problem and 1900's they labeled it as a mental disorder
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What is the Social Contruction perspective
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Sexual identities that you get depending on your environment
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What is the Kinsey Study
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10 percent had sexual contact with another male......1/3 admitted to sex....half got aroused
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What does the Kinsey research support
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The social constructionist view
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What is the social contructionist view
Definition
sexual identies occur in the context of situated behavior.
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What is sexual paradox?
Definition
Its in the media but we cant talk about sex seriously.
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What is the sex attitudes?
Definition
Traditional...Relational....and Recreational
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