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Soc Test 1
Notes, 2.0
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Big G | inner gorilla.. a raw and primal gorilla that lives in mens guts. must overcome this original sin to live a better life. men are inherently assholes, but need to accept it and be nicer. |
| Assumptions of the caveman mystique | 1) I am sexually promiscuous- want to get laid as often as possible. 2) I seek sex with women for their youth and beauty: genetic drive by natural selection. 3) I can be sexually aggressive to the point of criminality (rape). |
| The caveman mystique works better for what race | white males |
| Human behavior and evolution theory | women: have few large eggs, long gestation and lactation time during long period of infant dependency. so women have to be choosy about males. Males: millions of expendable sperm no parental investment required, man can be extremely promiscuous w/ no cost |
| what is not evident in caveman days | homosexuality |
| Tina Vares | Wants to know what women in the audience see and/or experience when they view violent female action heroes |
| 5 Audiences that Vares studied | women martial artists, women film buffs, univ. students interested in gender and representation, women peace activists, women activists for battered women/working in a battered women shelter |
| aesthetic judgement | is this a quality film, painting, song, etc? |
| popular judgements | is this cool, do i like it, did it make me feel good? |
| if something is widely popular | it must speak to a variety of values- not just one |
| Globalization | worldwide diffusion of practices, expansion of relations across continents, organization of social life on a global scale, and growth of a shared global consciousness. ex: world bank, OPEC, United Nations |
| Time-space compression | info and communication technologies make it possible to go anywhere quickly- we can traverse time and space much faster than ever before. people are more mobile than ever, globalized culture enables a constant flow of new ideas, values and info & symbols. |
| Features of mcdonaldization | efficiency, calculability, predictability, non-human control (timers for fries) |
| Mcdonaldization is standardization and homogenization: | the avg workers are routinized, but the owners are not. consumers experience has much predictability. ex: no daily specials, convenient drive thru, affordable |
| Related social conditions of Mcdonaldization | efficiency of meal time: frozen tv dinners, microwavable meals. Automobile culture and emphasis on mobility in general ex: driving across the country. Efficiency of shopping (7-11's; shopping malls; super stores, amazon). Educational standardization |
| Commodification of lifestyles | ways to make money.. ads for certain lifestyles. ex: coke ad from the 70's |
| Political consumerism | way that ppl express political concerns/values |
| types of political consumerism | national buy nothing day, moral purchases (pink for breast cancer), boycotting products or brands that have bad corporate practices |
| Consequences of pol. consumerism | buying as a moral expression, companies see a new way to make money, organizations and culture jams offer political guidance to consumers, hoping to steer buying choices |
| Why young american don't act politically | 1) student loan debt 2) our feelings are psychopathologized and medicalized 3) we were taught to comply rather than democratize 4) k-12 schools taught fear 5) kids who take education, but not schooling, are seriously shamed 6) surveillance normalized |
| Disney: childhood and pop culture | the education and socialization is hardly limited to schools or the family. children learn and absorb values through the broad realm of pop culture. |
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