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| not chosen, by nature as opposed to nurture, physical |
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| gender: masculinity/ femininity |
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| chosen, by nurture not nature, social not physical |
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| man who walks talks and dresses like a woman, transvestite |
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| scripts of masculinity and femininity |
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| strong protect, defend. weaker sex passive, sensitive, caregivers |
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| starts at birth and continues to death (baby showers, names, colors, talk, hold, decor) taught young |
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| a group of people categorized by physical markers |
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| anyone with even 1 drop of black blood is considered black (used for voting, etc.) |
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| a group of people with shared cultures and experiences usually originating in the same country or region |
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| social category based on wealth and occupation |
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| women and children make up the largest % of homeless people in u.s. |
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gender theories/ theories of inequality
micro vs. macro |
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| micro: individual features or characteristics lead to gender stratification. macro: societal features or characteristics lead to inequality. biological essentialist and social constructionist |
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| types of biological essentialist type theories |
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| sociobiology, brain lateralization theories, hormonal theories |
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| sociobiology gender theory |
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| systematic study of the biological basis of social behavior and organization, organism acts to maximize their reproductive potential |
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| brain lateralization theories |
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| argue that differences in males and females are by different brain lateralizations (right brain vs. left) |
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| types of social constructionist theories |
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| micro: socialization theories, psychoanalytic, freud, nancy chodorow, social learning theories, cognitive development theories |
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| reproduction of mothering |
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| nancy chodorow: girls don't have to separate from mother because they are raised by the same gender |
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| women's free labor freed men to work paid wages |
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| argues that male domination originated from growing and selling products, such as agriculture |
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