SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Matriarchy, Gender Identity, Essentialism
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Sex: the biological distinction between females and males. Essentialism: gender differences are a product of naturally dispositions. Gender: the cultural attributes a society attaches to the biological categories of male and female. Gender identity: traits that people incorporate into their personality as guided by their culture. Gender roles: attitudes and activities that a society links to each sex. Sexism: the belief that one sex is inherently superior to the other negative attitudes towards women stereotypical beliefs that justify prejudice, attitudes, treatment overt discrimination. Patriarchy: (rule of the fathers) a form of social organisation in which males dominate females. Gender stratification- the unequal distribution of resources based on sex differences. The pink ghetto: the predominance of women in poorly paid occupations. The glass ceiling: a barrier that is hard to see and to pinpoint, one that is denied by company officials, but effectively prevents women from rising above middle management. Wage gap: the disparity between women"s and men"s earnings.
