SOC 101: Exam 3
38 Cards in this Set
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Sex
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Primary: Organs related to reproduction
Secondary: Physical distinctions between man and women not related to reproduction
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Gender
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Behaviors and attitudes related to being a man or woman
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Gender stratification
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Males and females have an unequal distribution of power, property, and privilege.
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Gender Gaps
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Men are more educated, make more money and are more represented in government
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Feminism
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Trying to get women the same rights and privileges that men have
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Liberal Feminism
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The idea that females are not being allowed into institutions thus resulting in the inequalities we see today
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Marxist Feminism
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The idea that the economic system we have in place today is designed not to work for women and only for men
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Radical Feminism
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The idea that feminism is a result of sexual harassment and terrorism
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Race
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The color of a person. Reinforcing stereotypes, dehumanization, and prejudice. Socially constructed
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Ethnicity
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Similar to culture, a shared cultural heritage consisting of language, religion, etc...
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De Jure
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Discrimination by law
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De Facto
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Discrimination by fact. Made inside our heads
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Prejudice
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An opinion or bias that is not necessarily true
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Institutional Discrimination
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Discrimination against groups or individuals performed at the institutional level. (government)
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Interpersonal Discrimination
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Discrimination against individuals or groups performed by other individuals
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Devah Pager
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Found that blacks got less callbacks in job opportunities than whites did. Both with clean and criminal records
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Browning of America
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Growing diversity in America. Proportions of minority groups are increasing compared to the white population
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Affirmative Action
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Institutions are designed for whites and not enough diversity in them. Therefore we should work hard to get a minimum level of diversity in institutions. Ends up reinforcing institutional discrimination
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Model Minority
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A minority that is viewed as more successful compared to the majority race
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Color-blind racism
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A micro aggression implying stereotypes about racism without actually saying them
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Tokenism
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Micro aggression, process of making minorities feel unwelcome in institutions. Reinforcing whiteness
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Social construction of reality
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Our reality is constantly being shaped by institutions. Society telling us how to live our lives instead of our own free choices. Changes over time
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Bauman
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Rising of the security state. Implementing more security measures while in the process reinforcing whiteness and discriminating against minorities
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Collateral Damage
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Unintentionally discriminating against as a result of the security state. Think muslims after 9/11
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Deviance
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Actions or behaviors that violate societal norms
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Crime
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Street- the typical crimes, property, assault, etc…
Corpo.- an institution or someone acting on its behalf doing illegal things
White collar- Stealing pencils from work
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Informal sociotal control
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The norms, folkways, or behaviors that are expected in society. Reinforcing the typical minority stereotypes
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Labeling Theory
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The social stereotypes that are placed on people of a specific race. Socially constructed
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Collins
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The normalcy of crime. Reinforcing stereotypes on minorities by associating certain crimes with specific races
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Stigma
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Powerful negative label. Shaping someones life usually
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Max Weber
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Wrote about bureaucracy, rationalization, and the value free frame of mind
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Rationalization
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Max Weber, moving from powerful influential leaders to written down laws
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Bureaucracy
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Max Weber,
a general hierarchy in institutions, government, everyday life
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Value Free
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The idea to challenge ourselves ask more questions and know that things are not always what they seem
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Disenchantment
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Experiences similar to alienation resulting in people being ruled by bureaucratic red tape
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Mcdonaldization
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Efficiency- cutting out anything that is not making money
Control- cutting out human creativity and interaction
Calculability- changing people into numbers in the process to make money
Predictability- if things are predictable, they will make more money, less human creativity
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Irrationality of rationality
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Treating mcdonaldization as real and having it spread to everything. In the process, losing human creativity, thought, and randomness
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Globalization of Nothing
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The spreading of mcdonaldization around to world to all companies. Having the idea of no creativity spread though out the work place
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SOC 101: Exam 2