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| the study of intersections between different groups of minorities; specifically, the study of the interactions of multiple systems of oppression or discrimination |
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| Idealized, culturally ascendant form of femininity; the most desired and rewarded form of femininity and the most commonly seen in the media. |
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| the idealized, culturally ascendant form of masculinity; the type of masculinity of successful and powerful man; the most desired and rewarded form of masculinity; the “ideal manhood.” |
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| Refers to the actions and choices that people make to impact their surroundings and produce the social world |
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| Refers to the stable pattern of social relationships and interactions that exists within a particular group, institution, or society |
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| Refers to the process of learning the rules of the social group or culture to which we belong or hope to belong, and learning to define ourselves and others within that setting. |
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| Refers to the myriad rewards and punishments developed by social groups to encourage conformity and discourage deviance |
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| Functionalism (unintended consequences, latent and manifest functions) |
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| refer to social outcomes that are not the ones anticipated by a purposeful action. One particular action may have a positive, unexpected benefit due to luck or fate |
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| assumes that social life is shaped by groups and individuals who struggle or compete with one another over various resources and rewards, resulting in particular distributions of power, wealth, and prestige in societies and social systems |
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| directs sociologists to consider the symbols and details of everyday life, what these symbols mean, and how people interact with each other |
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| The established division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative power, property and prestige; applies to both nations and to people within a nation, society or other group |
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| Is the process by which different statuses develop in any group, organization, or society. |
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| The systematic study of gender in society, including the gender character of human interactions, behaviors, and institutions. It examines how gender shapes behavior, and how gender norms operate and change in time and across geographical dimensions. |
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| what is feminine cannot be masculine and what is masculine cannot be feminine |
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| the practice, conscious or otherwise, of placing male human beings or the masculine point of view at the center of one's view of the world and its culture and history |
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| the view that, for any specific entity (such as a group of people), there is a set of incidental attributes all of which are necessary to its identity and function |
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biology is destiny
there are only two sexes – male and female
the two-sex order is a universal fact of nature |
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| the social construction of reality |
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| the way in which we create meaning through social interaction with others |
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