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| systematic inequalities between groups of people that arise |
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condition where by no differences in health, power, prestige, or status based on non-natural conventions exist. (rousseau) |
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two directional relationship, one that goes both ways |
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nothion that everyone is created equal in God’s eyes |
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5.equality of opportunity |
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inequality of conditions is acceptable so long as the rules of the games remain fair |
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society of commerce in which the maximization of profits is the primary business incentive |
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idea that everyone should have an equal starting point |
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each player must end up with the same amount regardless of the game’s fairness |
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politically based system of stratification characterized by limited social mobility |
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religion based system of stratification characterized by NO social mobility |
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economically based system of stratification characterized by relative categorization and loose social mobility |
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14. contradictory class locations |
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people can occupy locations in the class structure which fall between the two pure classes. |
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15. status hierarchy system |
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system of stratification based on social prestige |
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16. elite mass dichotomy system |
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system of stratification that has a governing elite, few leaders that hold power of society |
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society where status and mobility are based on individual attributes,ability,and achievement |
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individuals position in a stratified social order |
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money received by a perso for work or from returns on investment |
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individuals that get payed more than the poverty line, nonmanual jobs |
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movement between different positions within a system of social stratification in any given society |
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mobility that is inevitable from changes in the economy |
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24. status attainment model |
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approach that ranks individuals by socioeconomic status, including income&education, seeks attributes of people who end up with more desirable occupations. |
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| - the removal of a women’s sexually sensitive clitoris. |
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an intellectual, consciousness-raising movement to get people to understand that gender is an organizing principle of life. The underlying belief is that women and men should be accorded equal opportunities and respect. |
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| the biological differences that distinguish male from female. |
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refers to desire, sexual preference, sexual identity and behavior. |
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denotes a social position, the set of social arrangements that are built around sex categories. |
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line of thought that explains social phenomena in terms of natural ones. |
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31. Biological determinism |
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32. Hegemonic masculinity |
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dominant and privileged, if invisible, category of men. |
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sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one’s status as a male or female. |
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a nearly universal system involving the subordination of femininity to masculinity. |
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| • 35. Structural functionalism |
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| theoretical tradition claiming that every society has certain structures (the family, the division of labor, or gender) which exist in order to fulfill some set of functions (reproduction of the species, production of goods, etc.). |
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| Talcott Pearson’s theory that men and women perform their sex roles as breadwinners and wives/mothers, respectively, because the nuclear family is the ideal arrangement in modern societies, fulfilling the function of reproducing workers. |
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| the social identity of a person who has sexual attraction to and/or relations with other persons of the same sex. |
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occurs when a person’s sex or gender is the basis for judgment, discrimination, and hatred against him or her. |
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an illegal form of discrimination, involving everything from inappropriate jokes on the job to outright sexual assault to sexual “barter”—all intended to male women feel uncomfortable and unwelcome, particularly on the job. |
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an invisible limit on women’s climb up the occupational ladder. |
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the promotional ride men take to the top of a work organization, especially in feminized jobs. |
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poor people adopt certain practices that differ form mainstream society to survive in difficult economic situations |
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poor people who don’t have the ability to take advantage of what society has to offer are might even me dangerous to us. |
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reward structures that are caused by counterproductive behavior..like welfare |
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point where income falls below necessary level to purchase food to physicallsustain its members |
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46 .parenting stress hypothesis |
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low money may cause parents to yell,shout,hit kids because of stress caused by poverty.may hurt child development |
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