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* gender stratification
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Unequal access of males and females to property, power, and prestige.

* sex
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* Biological characteristics that distinguish females and males.
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* gender
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* Behavior and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females.
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* patriarchy
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* Men have authority.
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* honor killing
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* Women would get punished for doing disrespectful things towards the husband and family.
* (Afghanistan, India, and Jordan)
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* feminism
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* The philosophy that men and women should be politically, economically, and socially equal.
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* colleges using affirmative action for male students
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* Some colleges have initiated affirmative action polices to admit more men.
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* what is the ratio of men and women in the workforce?
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* Women are about 1 in 2 in the work force, a gender gap in pay occurs in all industrialized nations.
* Today, more women than men attend college.
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* testosterone bonus

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* Today, more women than men attend college.
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* industrialized nations and gender pay gap
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* Industrialization brings more material goods, higher standard of living
* More food
* Better water supply
* Better housing
* More effective ways of fighting diseases that kill children
* People live longer
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* what is the gender pay gap due to?
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College degrees are gender linked (career choices).

Women are more likely to choose lower paying jobs- while men go into better-paying fields/jobs.

1/2 of the pay gap is due to the career choice.

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* sexual harassment
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* Abuse of ones position of authority to force unwanted sexual demands 
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* age of majority of rape victims
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* 16-19 years of age
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* number of female voters vs. male voters
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* Female voters greatly outnumber male voters
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* life expectancy
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* The number of years that an average person can live
* From 1900 to the present, life expectancy has been greater for women
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* graying of America
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* Refers to hair color and that old people have gray hair.
* The growing percentage of older people in the us population.
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* life span
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* The longest that a human has lived
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* age of oldest person documented by a birth certificate
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* 122, in France
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* ageism
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* Prejudice and discrimination that can be directed against any age group.
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* age cohort
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* Made up of people born at roughly the same time who pass through the life course together.
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* disengagement theory
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* Society is stabilized by having the elderly retire from responsibilities so the younger generation can step into their shoes.
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* activity theory
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* the view that satisfaction during old age is related to a person’s amount and quality of activity

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polyandry

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* A form of marriage in which women have more than one husband


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* polygyny
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* A form of marriage in which men have more than one wife
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* family
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* two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption
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* household
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* people who occupy the same housing unit
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* nuclear family
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* a family consisting of a husband, wife, and child(ren)
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* extended family
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* a family in which relatives, such as the “older generation” or unmarried aunts and uncles, live with the parents and their children
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* family of orientation
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* the family in which a person grows up
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* family of procreation
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* the family formed when a couple’s first child is born
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* endogamy
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* the practice of marrying within one's own group
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* exogamy
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* the practice of marrying outside of one’s group
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* incest taboo
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* the rule that prohibits sex and marriage among designated relatives
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* bilineal system
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* Mothers and fathers side of descent
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* patrilineal system
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* Males of authority
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* matrilineal system
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* a system of reckoning descent that counts only the mother’s side
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* patriarchal society
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* Follow fathers side of descent
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* matriarchy
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* Women dominate men

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* egalitarian system
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* Authority more or less equally divided between people
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* How can parents find the time to spend more time with their children today than in the last 40 years?
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* Less time visiting friends and relatives
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* homogamy
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* The tendency of people with similar characteristics to marry one another.
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* how many children do most Americans want?
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* 0, 1, or 2.
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* what time period did Americans have a dramatic shift in their ideal family size?
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* 1970s, women are entering the work force, and increasing divorce rates.
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* children under the age of 18 living with both parents is
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decreasing

* blended family
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* Family whose members were once part of other families 
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* Americans are _____ for their first time at older ages than at any other time in US history
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marrying more

* sandwich generation
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* people who are caring both for their children and their elderly parents 
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* children adjust better to divorce if

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they have a 2nd adult to count on for support

* 6th Need of society

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* Economic production

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5th need of society

* Socialization of children

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4th need of society

* Care of the sick and aged

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3rd need of society

* Recreation

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2nd need of society

* Sexual control

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1st need of society

* Reproduction

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