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Chapter 11 Key Terms
sociology college class
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biological Determinism | The principle that behavior differences are the result of inherited physical characteristics |
| Expressiveness | Concern for the maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family |
| Feminism | An ideology that favors equal rights for women |
| Gender | The personal traits and social position that members of a society attach to being female or male |
| Gender Identity | The awareness of being masculine or feminine based on learned cultural values |
| Gender Role | Expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females |
| Gender Socialization | The process through which children learn about the social expectations, attitudes and behaviors typically associated with boys and girl |
| Gender Stratification | The unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women |
| Glass Ceiling | An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender, race, or ethnicity |
| Glass Escalator | The advantage men experience in occupations dominated by women |
| Institutional Discrimination | The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society |
| Instrumentality | An emphasis on tasks, a focus on more distant goals, and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social Institutions |
| Intersectionality | The overlapping and interdependent system of advantage and disadvantage that positions people in society on the basis of race, class, gender, and other characteristics |
| Matriarchy | A form of social organization is which females dominate males |
| Matrix of domination | The cumulative impact of oppression because of race and ethnicity, gender, and social class, as well as religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, and citizenship status |
| Occupational Sex Segregation | The concentration of women in lower-status positions |
| Patriarchy | A form of social organization in which males dominate females |
| Second Shift | The double burden work outside the home followed by child care and housework-that many women face and few men share equitably. |
| Sexism | The ideology that one sex is superior to the other |
| Sex Role Theory | Talcott Parson's theory that the nuclear family is the ideal arrangement in modern societies, fulfilling the function of reproducing workers |
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