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| Private orbits, →Connection b/w society and individual, →Understand personal and social history together (connection b/w the two) |
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Father of Sociology
Coined term "Sociology" |
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Social Forces
How society influences the actions of the individual, Looks beyond the individual |
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| Structural Functionalism founder |
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| Everyone has a role in society to fulfill for society to function |
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| Symbolic Interactionalism |
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Symbols can be interpreted differently to different people
Share understanding of certain symbols while differ on others |
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| Beliefs, Traditions passed from gen to gen,Values/Norms, Language |
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| Tangible products (house, clothing) |
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| Values, beliefs, norms, language |
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| People see things from the framework of their own culture |
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| Judge others based on ways of other culture |
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| Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs |
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Nature vs. Nurture
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Nurture |
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Nature = Genetics, Biology
Nurture = Social experience, Environment
(Sociology emphasizes nurture) |
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| What is Sex in reference to Male/Female? |
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| What is gender in reference to Male/Female? |
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Ex: Family, social class, consumer group, ethnic group
-Not all group membership is voluntary
-Groups are social institutions |
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Helps meet basic needs of society
"These institutions exist in order for society to FUNCTION"
Ex: Family, religion, military, Science |
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Karl Marx
Analyze social instructions designed to preserve order and maintain power and privilege to groups
Ex: Politics keeps power in white men? |
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| Hear fact about person → Affix fact to preexisting stereotype (They do this because they are a certain type of person) → Actions towards the person reflects judgments on type of person → Person reacts in a way that confirms ideas |
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| Distance b/w other people |
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Intimate Distance: Partner/Spouse
Personal Distance: Friends
Social Distance: Boss, Teacher, People we need to interact with
Public Distance: President, Speaker
[All are based on culture and could refer to different amounts of distance] |
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What happened in the 1970s?
-1980s? |
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1970:Birth control, Legal abortions, Free love
1980:AIDS |
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| What happens when men and women report their intimate encounters? |
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Men over report
Women under report
-Due to Sexual Scripts! |
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1940s: Findings about sexual behavior
-Kinsey Scale
-Married couples sexual interests |
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0-6
0=Entirely hetrosexual
6=Entirely homosexual
Most people fall in the middle |
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Men want sex more early in marriage
Women want sex more later in marriage |
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| 5 institutions that influence society's views on sex |
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1: Religion-Married intimacy, Procreation
2: Family- Teach us about sexuality
3: Education - Sex Ed, What school tells us
4: Workplace -
5: State: Laws about who you can and cannot legally marry, Homosexual marriage not allowed |
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Sexuality
Social Norms & Social Sanctions |
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Gender
-Who loves who
-Who should be more interested in screwing/aggressive/pay for the date
Public vs Private Dichotomy
-What can be discussed where (talk about sex in school?)
-Who should do what (Age of consent, Old people's actions) |
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| Who has the most active sex life? |
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Cohabitation couples
Married people
Single people |
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Dictates how sexuality is practiced and understood
WHO one is intimate with (gay forbidden)
WHAT behaviors are appropriate or not (gay)
WHERE intimacy takes place (bed, car, under the button)
WHEN intimacy takes place (morning, night, afternoon delight)
WHY one has sex (procreation, fun, $tuition$) |
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Men: Always want women, No feelings when intimate, In charge of intimacy, All physical contact must lead to sex
-Promotes sexual violence and aggression b/c fixation on physical w/o emotional involvement |
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Emotional attachment to physical partners (love, not screwing)
Desire men
Want less physical stuff than men
Married/committed relationship |
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| ASA had homosexuality listed as a mental disorder until 1970s |
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Gender roles
(Masculinity vs Femininity) |
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Masculine: Instrumental character traits
Feminine: Expressive character traits |
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Gender Roles
-Structural Functionalist view
-Conflict Theorist view |
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Structural Functionalist: Know what to expect from people of a certain gender, Must meet these expectations so we know what to expect from you in society
Conflict Theorist: Men hold power, Society set up so that men can keep power (Men = Politics, Women = Domestic roles) |
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Gender Roles
Costs and Benefits |
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Benefits: Stability, predictability
Costs: Equality, Can't live up to expectations |
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True or False?
“The more masculine you are, the less feminine you are” |
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Women's sports have equal funding to mens sports
-Example of INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE that influence gender |
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| Why do boys have development issues today? |
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Traditional ideas cause many to struggle
-ADD diagnoses
-Special Ed
-More likely to be involved with crime (perpetrators and victims) |
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| Groups and info/influence about sex |
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Family
Peers give most info (reliable or not)
Media influences MOST PEOPLE
Partners have MOST INFLUENCE on individual |
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