Sociological Perspective on Gender

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Development of scientific disciplines
________ leads to a desire to monitor and categorize people and behavior.
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Patricia Hill Collins
________ (1990) notes that black women face unique oppressions that white women do not.
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Females
________ are feminine because they have two x chromosomes.
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Gender
________ is only one aspect by which people can be marginalized.
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Western societies men
________ and women are naturally and unequivocally defined categories of being.
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Kimmel
________ (2000) argues that masculinity is defined primarily by its opposition to femininity.
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Bell Hooks
________ (1984) noted, if womens liberation is aimed at making women the social equals of men, women should first stop and consider which men they would like to equal.
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Masculinity
________ is defined by complete opposition to femininity.
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Marriage
________ was between a man and woman.
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Sexuality
________ is a prime factor into the construction gender.
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Michael Kimmel
________ is a professor at SUNY Albany.
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risk
The ________ taking behavior causes a lower life expectancy.
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gender binary
Society is built around ________.
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Modern mainstream feminism
________ is inclusive of men and supportive of a broad range of choices, lifestyles.
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Flashback
________: hegemony is the idea that those in power use it to convince those without power it is their best interest to do what is actually in the interest of the powerful.
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Feminists
________ draw attention to powerful role gender plays in our daily lives, our social institutions, and society as a whole.
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Gender non conformity
________ is sanctioned by peers, family, etc.,
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Homosexual relations
________ are MUCH better in dividing labor, create healthier situations for spouses and are better at communicating.
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ethnic minorities
Women (and racial /________) are underrepresented in the leadership positions of corporations.
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Gender essentialism
________ is the idea that women and men are intrinsically different or as the title of the best selling self- help book put it, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.
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Gender
________ has a significant impact on how youre treated by societal institutions and how you can move up those institutions.
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females
The attitudes and behaviors we commonly associate with males or ________.
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masculinity
That is, ________ is the absence of femininity.
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Gender
________ is not a fixed identity or role that we take with us into our interactions.
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