biological differences that society uses to distinguish male and females

a social position; behaviors and set of attributes that are associated with sex identities

desire, sexual preference, and intimate behavior

arguments explaining social phenomena in terms of natural, biological, or evolutionary inevitabilities

describes people whose gender does not correspond to their birth sex

describes people whose gender corresponds to their birth sex

hegemonic masculinity

men are dominant and privileged and this is invisible

social movement to make people understand gender based inequalities that intersect with other forms of social identity

universal system involving the subordination of femineity to masculinity

prejudice that occurs when persons gender is the basis of discrimination

illegal form of discrimination from jokes to sexual assault and sexual barter

managing emotions and their outward expression to meet expectations of a job, especially in female dominated jobs

an invisible limit on women's climb up the occupational ladder

the accelerated promotion of men to the top of a work organization, especially in feminized jobs

heterosexual nuclear family is the ideal arrangement in modern societies because it fulfills the function of reproducing workers

said girls and boys develop masculine and feminine personality structures through their parents

Rubin's sex/gender system

raw materials of biological sex are transformed through kinship relations into asymmetrical gender statuses. Because women bear children, they are always associated with domestic life

gender not class was driving force of history. Capitalism and patriarchy leave women economically dependent on men

interactionalist theories

gender is not a fixed identity or role that we take with us into our own interactions. Dramaturgical theory, symbolic interactionism, and ethnopedology

identities surrounding gender, sex, and sexuality intersect with other meaningful social categories like race or class

different forms of oppression like racism, sexism, and classism are interconnected and combine to create complex system of power and disadvantage

person who has attraction to the same sex as them

the idea that heterosexuality is the default normal sexual orientation from which other sexualities deviate

having multiple sexual relationships

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Soc Unit 2

Chapter 8

Term	Definition
sex	biological differences that society uses to distinguish male and females
gender	a social position; behaviors and set of attributes that are associated with sex identities
sexuality	desire, sexual preference, and intimate behavior
essentialist	arguments explaining social phenomena in terms of natural, biological, or evolutionary inevitabilities
androgynous	neither masculine or feminine
transgender	describes people whose gender does not correspond to their birth sex
cisgender	describes people whose gender corresponds to their birth sex
hegemonic masculinity	men are dominant and privileged and this is invisible
feminism	social movement to make people understand gender based inequalities that intersect with other forms of social identity
patriarchy	universal system involving the subordination of femineity to masculinity
sexism	prejudice that occurs when persons gender is the basis of discrimination
sexual harassment	illegal form of discrimination from jokes to sexual assault and sexual barter
emotional labor	managing emotions and their outward expression to meet expectations of a job, especially in female dominated jobs
glass ceiling	an invisible limit on women's climb up the occupational ladder
glass escalator	the accelerated promotion of men to the top of a work organization, especially in feminized jobs
sex role theory	heterosexual nuclear family is the ideal arrangement in modern societies because it fulfills the function of reproducing workers
Freud	said girls and boys develop masculine and feminine personality structures through their parents
Rubin's sex/gender system	raw materials of biological sex are transformed through kinship relations into asymmetrical gender statuses. Because women bear children, they are always associated with domestic life
conflict theories	gender not class was driving force of history. Capitalism and patriarchy leave women economically dependent on men
interactionalist theories	gender is not a fixed identity or role that we take with us into our own interactions. Dramaturgical theory, symbolic interactionism, and ethnopedology
intersectionality	identities surrounding gender, sex, and sexuality intersect with other meaningful social categories like race or class
matrix of domination	different forms of oppression like racism, sexism, and classism are interconnected and combine to create complex system of power and disadvantage
homosexual	person who has attraction to the same sex as them
heternormativity	the idea that heterosexuality is the default normal sexual orientation from which other sexualities deviate
non-monagomy	having multiple sexual relationships

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