Sociology Ch9: Gendered Oppression

Patriarch/property marriage

model of marriage in which women and children are owned by men (seen as property)

Breadwinner/homemaker marriage

Definition:

model of marriage that involves a wage-earning spouse supporting a stay-at-home spouse and children

other shi:

tax code awards breadwinner marriages over partnerships

Separate spheres

idea that home is a feminine space best tended by women and work is a masculine space best suited to men

World War II (1939-1945)

women of middle classes flooded workplaces to fill jobs once restricted to men

Civil Rights Act 1964

Made sex discrimination in the workplace illegal

Sexism

production of unjust outcomes for people perceived to be biologically female

Androcentrism

production of injustice outcomes for people who perform femininity

Second shift

unpaid work of housekeeping and childcare that faces family members once they return home from their paid jobs

Ideal worker norm

idea that an employee should devote themselves to their jobs wholly and without the distraction of family responsibilities

Intensive motherhood

idea that children require constant attention from their mothers

Feminization of poverty

concentration of women and LGBTQ at the bottom of the income scale and a concentration of gender-conforming, heterosexual, cisgender mean at the top

Care work

work involves face-to-face caretaking of the physical, emotional, and educational needs of others

Freedom/power paradox

situation whereby women have more freedom than men but less power, and men have more power than women but less freedom

Patriarchy

social system in which males hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property