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Definitions for key terms and theories related to gender studies, including gender, sex, gender stratification, patriarchy, matriarchy, sexism, glass ceiling, sexual harassment, intersection theory, feminism, liberal feminism, socialist feminism, radical feminism, talcott parsons, political conservative view of gender, political liberal view of gender, political radical view of gender, structural-functional analysis, structural-interaction analysis, structural-conflict analysis, and various researchers and their contributions to the field.
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The personal traits and life chances that a society links to being female or male. TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 The biological distinction between females and males. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 The unequal distribution of wealth, power, and priviledge between men and women. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 A social pattern in which males dominate females. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 A social pattern in which females dominate males.
The belief that one sex is innately superior to the other. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 This refers to subtle discrimination that effectively blocks the movement of women into the highest positions in organizations. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 Unwanted comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 The analysis of how race, class, and gender interact, often creating multiple disadvantages for some categories of people. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 The study of gender with the goal of changing society to make women and men equal.
In favor of expanding the rights and opportunities available to women and other minorities Disagree with Conservative belief that weakens family Women have changed because families need two working adults to make ends meet Men should take on more responsibility for home and children care TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 Vision of elimination of gender itself Liberating women from childbearing and nurturing New reproductive technology make vision theoretically possible TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 Macro-level Gender is societies recognition that women and men differ in some useful ways Helps unite people into families, which ties together society as a whole Talcott Parsons TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 Micro-level
DEFINITION 20 Macro-level Rather than promoting social integration, gender generates conflict between male "haves" and female "have-nots" Identifies gender as a problem
DEFINITION 22 Her research found how gender shapes the marriage relationship: Men: provide economic support for the family and make key decisions Women: provide emotional support to husbands and raise children TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 Found that women learn to measure their personal importance in terms of their physical appearance, a form of gender bias. TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 Expanded Marxs theory to include gender. Patriarchy is a system by which wealthy men transmit their wealth to their sons. Capitalism exploits men in factories for low pay and exploits women in the home for no pay at all. TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 "something for something" or "this for that."
