SOC 101 Exam #3

Sxual Identity

An awareness of ourselves as male or female and how we express our sxual values, attitudes, and feelings

Sxual Orientation

A preference for partners of the same sx, opposite sx, both sxes, or neither sx

Race

• Biological classification of human groups that share similar physical characteristics

Contact Hypothesis

Prejudice

Discrimination

Scapegoat

Assimilation

Selective Perception

Dominant Group

Institutional Discrimination

Genocide

Internal Colonialism

Jim Crow Laws

Racial Formation

Amalgamation

What is true about Racial and Ethnic self-identification?

Minority Group

Multiculturalism

What is true about Stereotypes?

Which group is the largest minority in the United States today?

Gender Stratification

• Society's unequal distribution of wealth, power and privilege between the two sexes

• Society can control and limit its female members from social, political and economic opportunities

Sxual Harassment

• Any unwanted sexual advances, usually in the professional workplace

• Any unwanted sexual advance, request for sexual favors, or other conduct of a sexual nature that makes a person uncomfortable and interferes with her or his work

Sx

• The biological characteristics science uses to distinguish male and female human beings from each other

• The biological characteristics with which we are born

Gender

• Social, cultural, and psychological aspects of what it means to be a male or female

• Learned attitudes and behaviors that characterize women and men

Feminism

• A philosophy that maintains that women and men should be equal politically, economically and socially

• The belief in and advocacy for social, political, and economic equality between the sexes

What were the “Three Waves” of the Women’s Rights Movement in America?

• First wave: a radical branch that advocated the reform of all of society’s institutions, and a conservative branch that concentrated on winning the right to vote for women

• Second wave: ranging from changing work roles and compensation (equal pay) to reforming policies that deal with violence against women and sexual harassment in the workplace (continues today)

• Third wave: the right for females to have an education, the right to vote and hold positions in political office, reproductive rights {birth control}, fight human trafficking {sex slavery}, ending historical cultural violence against women {honor killings}, and institutional sexism

Glass Ceiling and Glass Escalator

• Glass Ceiling: invisible barrier created by individual and institutional sexism that prevents qualified women from advancing to high levels of leadership or corporate management

• Glass Escalator: there is a rapid promotion of men over women, in the areas of management, politics and even in female-dominated fields such as nursing

Why do so many acquaintance rpes go unreported in our society?

Some women blame themselves for not doing enough to stop the act from occurring or they are afraid the acquaintance’s life will be forever ruined

Why do sociologists consider women a minority group?

How do Gender Differences develop?

Why is Gender significant in our society?

What is a Key Point regarding Feminist Theory on Gender and Sexuality?

What is meant by Honor Killings?

What are the reasons for sexual harassment according to feminists?

Marriage

Family

Propinquity

Endogamy and Exogamy

Homogamy

Polyandry

Polygymy

Nuclear Family

Extended Family

Family of Orientation

Family of Procreation

What are the 6 different theories of Marriage and Family from the handout?

Boomerang Children

Fictive Kin

Blended Family

Sandwich Generation

Matriarchy

Patriarchy

What Social Factors in the USA influence us on who we should marry?

Does Marital Satisfaction increase or decrease with children?

What is true about marriage and divorce rates in the United States?

What are the major differences between Cohabitation and Marriage?