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Psychology of women
exam 2
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
10/25/2011

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sexist prejudice
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attitudes about women and girls that serve to oppress them
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stereotyping
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expectations about both positive and negative traits assigned to women and girls that serve to oppress them
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discrimination
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overt negative acts that serve to oppress women and girls and/or work to privilege men and boys
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social norms
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how people should behave, defines what is appropriate for women and men.
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descriptive norms
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describe what we perceive to be typical
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prescriptive/injunctive norms
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describe what ought to be ideal
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hostile sexism
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sexism that targets women and demeans them. open hostility because it targets all women.
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benevolent sexism
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sexism that appears to be nice on the outside, but really it works in tandem with HS to control women and keep them in their place. (i.e. women need to be protected by their man)
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self-fulfilling prophecy
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expectations can make anticipated events come true
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stereotyping
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attempt to find meaning in unknown circumstances
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sexist discrimination
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acts that serve to oppress women and girls
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overt sexist discrimination
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refers to the inequitable and harmful treatment of women that is intentional, highly visible, and can be documented easily.
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Covert sexist discrimination
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hidden, purposeful, and frequently maliciously motivated.
(e.g. sabotaging a women so she will not obtain a male job)
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Subtle sexist discrimination
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typically less visible and obvious; may go unnoticed; may be innocent and unintentional or manipulative, intentional, and malicious; and is difficult to document. most common form of sexist discrimination
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occupational sexism
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jobs defined as appropriate for women and men are intimately based on the ratios of gender within those jobs.
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paternalistic prejudice
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characterized by pity and empathy
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envious prejudice
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grudging admiration,comes with envy and jealousy as the perceiver is threatened by this groups status.
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contemptuous prejudice
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those in this group are held in contempt and seen as inferior.
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