SYG 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gender Role, Ethnocentrism
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Fraser theorized that the welfare system is _________ and __________ among gender lines. What are the 2 types of welfare programs? (fraser: masculine, feminine. Programs related to the labor market. (ex): social security, unemployment, etc. (stn): we"re socialized to believe these programs are rational, generous, and nonintrusive. Problems related to the family/household. (ex): afdc/tanf, food stamps, medicaid, etc. (stn): we"re socialized to believe these programs are inadequate, intrusive, and humiliating. What does the interactionist perspective on poverty/class focus on? (4) How the meaning of these symbols are socially constructed/constrained. How micro-level stereotypes perpetuate social inequities @ the macro-level. A set of norms, values, and beliefs that encourage and perpetuate poverty. Illustrate the cycle of poverty implied to exist in the culture of poverty theory. (2) The poor are socialized differently and pass these values to their children. Poor parents -> poor children -> become poor adults -> & so on.
