SOCY 1006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Economic Sanctions, Ostracism, Economics Education
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Sexuality: all thoughts, feelings, behaviors that are recognized as sexual within a society, emphasis on the. Understandings of sexualities: basis for ranking, distributing resources and justify social arrangements. Structural: how life is organized, who has power and the effect that could have. Cultural: beliefs and social practices surrounding the phenomenon and the effect how it may differ. Institutions- an established enduring pattern of social relationships. Statuses-socially defined position in a social structure (mom, student, boss) Sex: distinguish male and female with biological differences. Sex category: proxy measure of sex we use in everyday life. Gender: represents the societal positions, meanings, relationships, and behavioral expectations in terms of corresponding sex. Stratification: system for ranking society"s members based on characteristics which will influence the resources and status. Inequality: tension between those with resources and those without because they are denied based on status. Culture: meanings and ways of life that make a society: includes beliefs values norms etc.
