gender, education, deviance, globalization

sex

designation @ birth based on external genitalia and chromosomes

gender performativity

way of reiterating the norms through which one is constituted

gender identity

individual’s self-definition or sense of gender

gender expression

behavioral manifestation of gender

essentialists

believe gender is biological

constructionists

believe notions of gender are socially constructed

ed as conserving force

culturally prescribed indoctrination

indian carlisle school

founded by richard henry pratt

respectability politics

presentation gains respect of dominant group

mass education

faith in edu for the public good

compulsory education

school for wrong reasons

order and control in edu

dress code, time, discipline, athletics, conformity

fragmented edu system

lack of integration, collaboration in edu system

connectivity components

social networks, globalization, social capital, mcdonaldization

components of mcdonaldization

efficiency, calculability, predictability, standardization, control

econ transformation

ag to manufacturing to service

digital nomads

work from home, have resources to travel, appreciate us dollar, no cultural exchange

deviance

behavior that departs from a norm and generates a negative reaction from a particular group

definition of deviance origins

social cultural historical trends

sociologists focus on deviance of

poor and powerless

deviance is situated on a 

continuum

formal social control

jim crow, hanging

informal social control

stigma, harassment

functionalism in deviance (durkheim)

community, moral boundary setting

social control theory

travis hirschi, strong social bonds increase conformity and decrease deviance

deviant heroes

colin kapernick

structural strain theory

merton, goals in society we can’t always reach

strain theory typologies

conformers, innovators, ritualists, retreatists, rebels

innovators

accept society goals but not means to achieve, may take different means to reach goals

ritualists

given up hope of achieving, operate on means (no home but have a job)

retreatists

renounce goals and means (obtain home off the grid,)

rebels

reject approved goals and means work towards their own of those (advocate for ppl to join a commune instead of a home, obtaining something new)

schools perpetuate class and race inequality

financing edu, segregation, tracking, etc

common core controversy

limits teacher flexibility, parent rights

local control in edu

financing thru local taxes, unequal school board rep, intrusion of religious views of majority

deviant conflict theory

result of social conflict, capitalism and exploitation worsen

stereotype threat: deviance

self fulfilling prophecy where fear of performing poorly and conforming causes this

stereotype promise: deviance

stereotypes lead to positive outcomes

conformity

accept means and goals

labeling theory

howard becker applies deviance is a consewuence of external labels that modify self concept and change the ways others respond to the labeled person

primary deviance

initial act or attitude that brings label

secondary deviance

deviant identity that develops from the label

tertiary deviance

redefining stigma associated with a deviant label as a positive phenomenon