Sociology 1027A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Organized Crime, Social Forces, Social Control
5 Mar 2018
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How do we obtain status: ascribed status: assigned by circumstance, e. g. , birth, achieved status: attained by individual action, e. g. , education. Weber and functionalists: education and occupation also crucial. Multiple bases of power: recently, age is being recognized as a key factor in social inequality. Elite discourses of sex, gender, and sexuality: dualisms, sex = biology (male/female, gender = culture (masculine/feminine, sexuality (heterosexual/homosexual, sex, gender, and sexuality are presumed to correspond to one another. Social construction of sex: the sex dualism is a social construction, not a dualism, but rather a spectrum. Social construction of sexuality: how it is appropriate for men and women to behave, heterosexism directed at individuals who live outside the elite discourses. Consequences/experiences of being a certain sex: education, teachers inadvertently treat boys and girls differently pragmatic needs of classroom management, encourage boys to solve problems independently, show girls how to solve problems.
