1 22 2013 Chapter 2 the link between private and experiences and social structure o Social Stratification The tiered ranking of categories of people within Start off small but we are shaped by our culture Socialization society Sex Gender and Patriarchy Gender Culturally and socially constructed difference between males and Biological difference between men and women and their role in Sex reproduction females found in the meanings beliefs and practices associated with femininity and masculinity Sex and Gender differences possessing both masculine and feminine traits in near o Androgyny equal proportion Parents The primary groups responsible for gender Teaching the cultural norms associated with differential treatment becomes a self fulfilling Gender Learning o Gender Socialization being male of female o Agents of Socialization socialization prophecy Schools and teaches girls to fear academic success Toys stereotypical roles toys are sex typed Peers that carry over into adulthood television music videos and computer games tend to focus on boys and present girls in stereotypical ways Patriarchy books show boys as a leading characters and girls in same sex play reinforces different interaction styles hidden curriculum encourages sex typed behavior Male Privilege Mass Media o Female genital cutting only men should be able to experience sexual pleasure it is a duty o Still exists today in the US Race and Ethnicity A category describing people who share real or perceived physical Race straits that society deems socially significant such as color o Black vs white Ethnicity dress food religion and other values shared cultural characteristics such as language place of origin o Jewish Ethnic Group A group of people who share specific cultural features Minority Groups dominant group and who are subject to unequal treatment A category of people who have less power than the o Asians woman Social networking connections which can be a valuable source A negative attitude about member of a selected racial and ethnic Social Capital of information such as a resource for job leads know this Prejudice groups Stereotypes Discrimination preferences that have harmful impacts Individual Discrimination towards another person Intuitional Discrimination religion and education create policies and practices that are systematically disadvantageous to certain groups Behaviors actions or practices based on racial or ethnic Social institutions such as the government One person exhibiting a negative behavior some combination of education occupation and Social Class Socioeconomic Status SES income o Upper Class o Upper Middle Class o Middle Class o Working Class o Working Poor o Underclass Poverty number of people living in poverty Poverty Guidelines Guidelines established in 1964 as a way to measure the o Based on family size o Revised yearly o Kids under 18 have highest poverty percentage
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