ANTHRO 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: East Los Angeles College, Social Stratification, Sexual Identity
Document Summary
The sexual practices of humans, usually varying from culture to culture. Sexual culture: the system of cultural meanings about sexuality and the social practices of sexuality. Sexual identity: an element of some sexual cultures, the intentional sense of having a sexual desire around which you social identity is built. Sexual life way: a culturally constructed expression of sexuality and gender roles. A system of thoughts and values that legitimizes gender roles, statuses, and customary behavior. The hierarchical ranking of members of a society according to gender. Influences work: women, on average earn less than men with the same levels of education and years of experience. Job mobility: glass ceiling and sticky floor , mom jobs . Gender roles changing rapidly in the united states. Both men and women constrained by their cultural training, stereotypes, and expectations. Social stratification is defined as a system by which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy.
