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..biological
..takes society's norms into considerations |
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| personal traits & social positions that society members attach to being male or female |
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| expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females |
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| a social order where males dominated females |
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overly agressive, risky behavior for men
-concerns w/ beauty for women |
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| a primary group of people who take care of off spring as well as each other & maintain the group over time |
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| functionalist perspective - family |
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reproduction & protection
-socialization (most familiar, important)
-provision of social status |
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| conflict perspective - family |
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-legitimizes male dominance
-contributes to male social inequality
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mate selection
love
cultural patterns |
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| social bias for sexuality |
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-sexual attitudes vary in differnt cultural contexts
-sexual attitudes change over time
-sexual idenitity is learned
-institutions channel sexuality
-influenced by economic forces & public policies |
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| functionalists - sexuality |
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-sexual norms encourage the formation of stable institutions
-sexual identity is learned in the family
-deviant identies contribute to social disorder |
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-sexual norms are created by the dominant groups
-sexual identity is regulated by institutions that enforce compulsory heterosexuality |
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| symbolic interactionist perspective - sexuality |
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-sexual norms are created through social interaction & the construction of beliefs
-sexual identity is socially contructed as people learn the sexual scripts created in society. |
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| 3 points of multideminsionality of sexual orientation |
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-behavior
-identity
-attraction |
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| fundamental features of religion |
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-it is instituinalized, structured
-brings people together
-based on the sacred and supernatural
-establishes norms of behavior |
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| functionalist perspective - religion |
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creates social cohesion, rituals
-soothes and comforts
-intergrates outside groups..a way to cope with racisim
-community!! |
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| conflict perspective - religion |
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-imposed on conquered people
-impedes social change
-reinforces the dominant social order |
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| symbolic interactionist perspective - religion |
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-it emerges w/ social change
-context frames religious beliefs |
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