Sex; Biologically distinct category. Male, female, intersexed

Gender; Physical, behavioral, and personality traits that a group considers normal for its male and female members

Sexuality; an umbrella term (very complicated)

Sexual Orientation; Sexual desire/behaviors toward people of a

particular gender (and/or both, all, none)

•Socialization; family, school, peers, media

Gender Role Socialization; the process of learning to be masculine or feminine (Lifelong)

Sexism;

PATRIARCHY

literally meaning “rule of the father”; a male-dominated society

PRIVILEGE

unearned advantage accorded to members of dominant social groups (males, whites,

people who are physically able or heterosexual, etc.)

SEXISM

the belief that one sex, usually male, is superior to the other

MISOGYNY

an ingrained prejudice against women; dislike, contempt, or hatred of women

Sociological Theories;

Conflict theory

Men access most of society’s material resources and privileges

In their interest to maintain their dominant position.

Functionalism

• Some social roles are better suited to one gender than the other. Societies are more stable when certain tasks are fulfilled by the appropriate sex.

Symbolic Interaction

Gender is socially constructed, maintained, and reproduced

Gender knowledge is crucial to interaction

Instrumental role; authority figure, men, provides the family’s material support

Expressive role; provides family’s emotional support, nurturing figure, women

• G, S, & Life Chances;

Sex and gender affect almost every significant aspect of our lives

Second Shift; Unpaid housework and child care often expected

of a woman

• Social Movements;

Feminism; is the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes and the social

movements organized around that belief.

Men's movement; the need to free men from oppressive gender

Roles

LGBTQ movement; rights for lgbtq individuals

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World Economic Systems

• The Nature of Work

Agricultural Revolution

Social and economic changes

Population increases

Increased efficiency of food production

Industrial Revolution

Rapid transformation to social life

Technological and economic developments Assembly line stream power

Urbanization

Information Revolution

The social revolution made possible by the development of micro-chips

Knowledge worker

Service worker

• Resistance Strategies

_ Ways that workers express discontent with working conditions and attempts to reclaim control of the conditions of their labor

Ways to do so;

Surf the internet

Sabotage an assembly line

Personalize workspace with photos

Parkinson’s law; In other words, things become harder to complete when more time is given to complete it as the build-up to the task becomes stressful and daunting.

Unions; bargaining increased wedges and better working conditions

Strikes and walkouts

• Economics of Globalization; Cultural and economic changes resulting from dramatically increased international trade and exchange

Economy; deals with money, distribution consumption, and production of goods and services within a society

Theoretical Perspectives

• Functionalism= Stratified labor market maintains system.

• Conflict theory= Stratified labor market = exploitation.

• Symbolic Interactionism; Work = identity & self-concept

• Different Ways of working

Telecommute, professional socialization, contingent and alternative workforce, independent/third sector