Race
An act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or group
What is discrimination
An intellectual, consciousness-raising movement based on the idea that women and men should be accorded equal opportunities and respect.
What is Feminism
"_________" is a way for sociologists to describe the relative social class positions people have. It refers to the consensual nature of rating a job based on the belief of its worthiness.
What is Occupational Prestige
Someone's innate preference for a sexual partner.
What is sexual orientation
The standard by which people define what is desirable, good, bad, beautiful, or ugly
What are values
Like gender, sexuality, and many other power relations; race is
What is socially constructed
Sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one’s status as a male or female
What are Gender Roles
Systematic inequalities between groups of people that arise as intended or unintended consequences of social processes and relationships.
What is Stratification
Someone who is trying to figure out their sexual orientation or identity.
What is questioning
the condition of living in poverty which continues generation after generation
What is the poverty cycle
Negative, rigid, and irrational generalizations about an entire group of people.
What is prejudice
What is a male-dominated society in which cultural beliefs and values give higher prestige and value to men than women.
What is patriarchy
The ability to move up (or down) in the class structure of a given society.
What is social mobility
Historically, society has categorized gender as men/women with the assumption that babies born as biologically male will grow up to identify as straight men and babies born as biologically female will grow up to identify as straight women.
What is the gender binary
Prejudice and discrimination against the elderly
What is ageism
This exists when one group of people has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to, not because of anything they've done.
What is privilege
A person's behavior, mannerisms, interests, and appearance that are associated with gender.
What is gender expression
The main five dimensions of class are: income, wealth, social power, occupational prestige, and "_________."
What is Education
The concept that heterosexuality is the preferred or normal mode of sexual orientation.
What is heteronormativity
The idea that workplaces, for instance, will respond to our efforts and achievements instead of to our social status or wealth.
What is a meritocracy
The process by which social, economic, and political forces determine the content and importance of racial categories.
What is racial formation
Women are paid less than men for comparable work. For white women, it's 77 cents to a dollar. For Black women, it's 69 cents to a dollar. For Latina women it is 57 cents to a dollar.
What is the gender pay/wage gap.
An income of $54,000
What is the median household income in the U.S.?
The cultural and institutional pressures that lead men and women to choose heterosexuality over other sexualities.
What is compulsory heterosexuality
The capitalist class who own most of society's wealth and means of production.
Who are the bourgeoisie