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| Unwanted or repeated sexual advances, remarks, or behavior that are offensive to the recipient and cause discomfort or interference with job performance |
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| The forcing of nonconsensual vaginal, oral, or anal intercourse |
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| Sociological perspective that emphasizes the centrality of gender in analyzing the social world and particularly the uniqueness of the experience of women |
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| looks for explanations of gender inequalities in social and cultural attitudes; do not see women's subordination as part of a larger system or structure; concerned with sexism and discrimination against women; look to protect equal opportunities for women |
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the belief that men are responsible for and benefit from the exploitation of women
-male violence against women central to male supremacy
-gender equality can only be attained by overthrowing the patriarchal order |
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concentrates on the particular problems facing black women
-emphasize history: slavery, segregation, civil rights movement |
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cultural practices and outlooks of a given community that have emerged historically and tend to set people apart
ie. irish americans, jewish americans, italian americans |
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| a classification system that assigns individuals and groups to categories that are ranked or hierarchical |
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process by which understandings of race are used to classify individuals or groups of people
-within a racialized system, individuals's social life and life chances are shaped and constrained by the racial assignments/hierarchies in that system |
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| a system of domination that operates in social processes and social institutions; operating in the individual consciousness;explicit beliefs in racial supremacy |
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racism pervades all of society's structures in a systematic manner
-institutions such as the police and educational system promote policies that favor certain groups while discriminating against others
-developed in the US during the late 1960s by black power activists |
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| opinions or attitudes held by members of one group toward another |
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actual behavior toward another group
-rewards/benefits unequally based on membership in the dominant ethic groups vs excluding/restricting members of a specific racial group from opportunities that are available to other groups |
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thinking in terms of fixed or inflexible categories
-main type of prejudice |
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feelings of hostility or anger are directed against objects that are not the real origin of those feelings
-ie. people vent their antagonism against scapegoats, others who are blamed from problems that are not their fault
-protestants, jews, italians, etc |
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| disadvantaged as compared to the dominant group and have some sense of group solidarity, or belonging togther |
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| What I should do right now |
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| go upstairs and give jenna some chocolate (preferably see's) |
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| 3 factors that contributed to the rise of racism |
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-exploitative relations that europeans established with the people that conquered
-opposition between the colors white and black as cultural symbols (white=pure)
-invention and diffusion of the concept of race (by Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau) |
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| system of racial segregation in South Africa |
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most extreme and devastating form of group relations in human history
-the systematic, planned destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group |
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| the creation of ethnically homogeneous areas through the mass expulsion of other ethnic populations |
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| a practice whereby racial and ethnic groups are kept physically separate by law, thereby maintaining the superior position of the dominant group |
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| new immigrant groups assume the attitudes and language of the dominant white community |
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| merging different cultures and outlooks by stirring them all together |
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| ethnic cultures are given full validity to exist separately , yet participate in the larger society's economic and political life |
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ethnic groups exist separately and equally
-switzerland |
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| four tendencies that characterize migration patterns |
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-acceleration: migration across borders in great numbers
-diversification: most countries receive immigrants of many different types such as labor immigrants or refugees
-globalization: migration involving a greater number of countries as both senders and recipients
-feminization: growing number of migrants are women |
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dispersal of an ethnic population from an original homeland into foreign areas, often in a forced manner
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-movement from original homeland to new region
-shared memory about original homeland, commitment to its preservation, belief in possibility of return
-strong ethnic identity
-sense of solidarity with members of same ethnic group also living in areas on the diaspora
-degree of tension in relation to host societies
-potential for valuable and creative contributions to pluralistic host societies |
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| group of persons directly linked by kin connections, the adult members of which assume responsibility for caring for children |
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connections between individuals, established through marriage or through lines of descent that connect blood relatives
-mothers, fathers, offspring, grandparents, etc |
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| a socially acknowledged and approved sexual union between two adult individuals |
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| two adults living together in a household with their own or adopted children |
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| families of orientation vs families of procreation |
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-family into which a person is born
-family into which one enters as an adult and within which a new generation of children is brought up |
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couple live near or with the bride's parents
couple live near or with the parents of the groom |
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| most common type of marriage + definition |
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polygamy; marriage that allows a husband or wife to have more than one spouse
-permitted in 80% of societies
-polygyny: man married to more than one woman
-polandry: woman married to more than one man |
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| two main functions of the family |
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primary socialization: process by which the children learn the cultural norms of the society into which they are born
personality stabilization: the role that the family plays in assisting adult family members emotionally |
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| three main themes in feminist writings concerning the family |
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1. domestic division of labor: the way in which tasks are allocated among members of a household
2. unequal power of relationships: domestic violence
3. caring activities: being attuned to someone else's psychological well-being |
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| refers to women's dual roles at work and home |
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| Author of "The Feminine Mystique" |
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| Betty Friedan; spoke of the 'problem with no name' - the oppressive nature of a domestic life bound up with child care, domestic drudgery, and a uncommunicative husband |
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| 3 largest Hispanic subgroups |
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| mexicans, puerto ricans, cubans |
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| The best dancer, writer, singer, pole dancer, whore in the world |
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couple lives together in a sexual relationship without being married -has become increasingly widespread, typically among college students |
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reason for rise of large educational systems |
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| Author of "Between School Effects" |
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James Coleman -one of the most extensive research projects ever carried out in sociology -material resources made little difference to educational performance; influence was in children's backgrounds |
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| dividing students into groups that receive different instruction on the basis of assumed similarities in ability or attainment |
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| Jason Dohring is fucking... |
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| addresses the fact that much of what is learned in school has nothing directly to do with the formal content of lessons |
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| human capability;level of human intellectual |
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| IQ (intelligenence quotient) |
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| score attained on tests of symbolic or reasoning abilities; average 100 pts |
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| a cultural system of commonly shred beliefs and rituals that provides a sense of ultimate meaning and purpose by creating an idea of reality that is sacred, all-encompassing and supernatural |
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| 3 key elements of religion |
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1. it's a form of culture 2. involves beliefs that take the form of ritualized practices 3. provides a sense of purpose-feeling that life is meaningful |
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