Feminism/Gender

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Carol Gilligan

A feminist who is known for studying the moral development of adolescents.

Barbara Reskin

A sociologist known for studying labor-market stratification, sex segregation, and affirmative action.

Don Kulick

An anthropologist who studied the lives of a group of transgendered prostitues in Brazil.

Sex

An individual's membership in one of two biologically distinct categories- male or female.

Feminist Movement

Designed to consider gender as a way society organizes social relations, generally resulting in inequality between the sexes.

Feminism

The belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes and the social movements organized around that belief.

Deceptive Distinctions

The distinction between the sexes are maintained by ideology and social controls.

Glass Ceiling

The gendered barrier women encounter in more prestigious corporate occupations.

Travesti

The name given to the group of transgendered prostitutes. Specifically, males who adopt female names and appearances. They regard themselves as male, yet they adopt female linguistic pronouns.

Sex Role Theory

The nuclear family is the ideal arrangement in modern societies because it fulfills the function of reproducing workers.

Gender

The physical, behavioral, and personality traits that a group considers normal for its male and female members.

Structural Functionalism

The sexual division of labor exists to fulfill necessary functions.

Glass Elevator

Men enter feminized jobs and experience a quicker rise to leadership positions.

Sexuality

Refers to desire, sexual preference, identity, and behavior.

West and Zimmerman

They argue that gender is not a fixed identity, but rather, the product of interaction. So, one "does gender."


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