Sociology exam 3
How does Talcott Parsons's sex role theory explain the rise of the nuclear family as an ideal for raising children?
From their parents, children learn the concept of a division of labor: father as breadwinner, mother as keeper of the household. This division fulfills the need to reproduce workers.
Textbooks often still contain sexist language and gender stereotypes. In the social structure of the school itself, women tend to be concentrated at the lower levels, as teachers and aides, while men tend to occupy upper-management and administrative positions. Of which concept are these alternative forms?
gender role socialization
boy vs girl: They are typically credited for hard work rather than intellectual ability.
girls
boy vs girl: They tend to earn higher grades in elementary school
girls
gender identity
an individual's self-definition or sense of gender
Because of the traditional division of labor in families, males have had more access to resources and privileges and have sought to maintain their dominance. This is an example of what
conflict theory
Describe all levels of Alfred Kingsley scale of sexuality
0 | Exclusively heterosexual 1 | Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual 2 | Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual 3 | Equally heterosexual and homosexual 4 | Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual 5 | Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual 6 | Exclusively homosexual X | No socio-sexual contacts or reactions
when did each wave of feminism occur?
1st; 19th century to early 20th 2nd; 1960s-1990s 3rd; 90s to present
what was the convention at seneca fall?
First Wave Feminism and the Seneca Falls Convention. On July 19, 1848, hundreds of women (and a few men) met in Seneca Falls, New York for the first Women's Rights Convention, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.
intersectionality
Intersectionality refers to the simultaneous experience of categorical and hierarchical classifications including but not limited to race, class, gender, sexuality, and nationality. It also refers to the fact that what are often perceived as disparate forms of oppression, like racism, classism, sexism, and xenophobia, are actually mutually dependent and intersecting in nature, and together they compose a unified system of oppression.
While the unemployment rate for women in the United States rose 3.2 percent during the recession from 2007-2009, the unemployment rate for men in the United States rose 5.5 percent. T/F
T
the idea that sexual orientation can have a wide spectrum poisted by Alfred Kinsley has not gained acceptance yet. T/F
T
what is 2nd shift?
The second shift is the unpaid housework and child care often expected of women after they complete their day's paid labor. Laura's husband does not split the housework and child care equally and thus Laura has much second shift work to do.
intersex
Type the term used to describe a person whose chromosomes or sex characteristics are neither exclusively male nor exclusively female.
mid 1990s, 57%,85%,40%
Women increasingly outnumber men in college and made up the majority of college graduates by the -. By 2012, women earned - of bachelor's degrees. For LGBTQ individuals, education may be a tougher road than for non-LGBTQ individuals. The 2009 National School Climate Survey found that almost - of LGBTQ students reported being verbally harassed, while - reported being physically harassed.
cisgender
a term used when gender identity and/or expression aligns with the sex assigned at birth
gender noncomformity
a term used when gender identity and/or expression differs from societal expectations about gender roles
transgender
a term used when gender identity and/or expression is different from the sex assigned at birth
boy vs girl: They receive more attention and instructional time and are more likely to be called on in class.
boys
boy vs. girl : They are posed with more challenging questions or tasks and are given more praise for the quality of their work.
boys
3rd wave feminism concerns?
deconstruct social norms and categorical thinking; gender and rape violence, abortion, slut shaming, LGBTQ, Anti-racism
Of two women, one wears jeans and boots while the other wears a skirt and heels.
difference in gender
Of two children, one has XY chromosomes and the other has XX.
difference in sex
Of two men in college, one is attracted to men and the other to women.
difference in sexuality
What is the name of the sociological view that seeks to explain social phenomena in terms of natural phenomena?
essentialism
Sex determines which roles men and women are best suited to perform. Is an example of what?
functionalism
2nd wave feminism concerns?
legal rights such as reproductive,sports,education and economic
This group is more likely to commit suicide. This group is less likely to suffer from depression. Predicted life spans for this group rose by 4.6 years over the last twenty-five years.
men
2nd wave feminism who?
middle class educated white women; betty friedman, gloria steinem, jo freedman
Which sociologist conducted work on intersectionality among workers in nail salons?
miliaan kang
gender experession
n individual's behavioral manifestations of gender
first wave feminism concerns?
poitical rights such as asserting womens superiority, property rights and inheritance, womens suffrage
In which ways do human sex characteristics vary between all males and females?
primary and secondary sex characteristics dominant hormones chromosomes
Gender is learned through the process of socialization; gender inequalities are reproduced through interactions with family, peers, schools, and the media. Is an example of what?
symbolic interactionalism
first wave feminsm; who?
upper class women and male allies such as ida b wells, elizabeth cady stanton and susan b anthony.
Over the past several decades, the rate of new lung cancer cases for this group has increased by 98 percent. This group has a higher life expectancy. Predicted life spans for this group rose by 2.7 years over the last twenty-five years.
women
