SYG-2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Social Inequality, Equal Rights Amendment, Type A And Type B Personality Theory
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Gender: personal traits and life chances that a society links to being female or male. Societal construction the shapes the entire lives of women and men. Gender stratification: unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women. Gender stereotypes divide humanity by constructing femininity and masculinity in opposing terms: assigns more worth of masculinity compared to femininity, overlook fact that most people have combination of traits. Patriarchy: a social pattern in which males dominate females. Men are 9% taller, 18% heavier, and 20% stronger than females. Physical strength does not link to success anymore in our high-technological society. Does not reflect differences in brain power. Testosterone theory: men have greater aggressiveness due to higher levels of sex hormones. Matriarchy: a social pattern in which females dominate males. Sexism: the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other. Involves not just individual attitudes but also operation of social institutions.
