Chapter 7
Refers to the sum of an individual's economic resources, including assets and debts
Wealth
Refers to the division of people based solely on physical characteristics
Race
Refers to our individual perceptions of our gender along a spectrum of masculinity and femininity
Gender Identity
The services, supplies, and institutions related to a person's health
Healthcare
Refers to a group that lacks power in a society (often defined in terms of population)
Minority
A society in which political and economic power is determined by individual ability
Meritocracy
This kind of immigration is usually the product of war, climate change, or economic catastrophe
Involuntary immigration
This wave of feminism embraced the idea of intersectionality, focusing on differences between different groups of women
3rd wave
Prejudice and discrimination based upon age
Ageism
Improving your class position is often called _______ mobility
Vertical
Refers to a type of government assistance program which has no requirements for entry
Entitlement Program
The unjust mistreatment of a category of people, typically through institutional means
Discrimination
This barrier prevents women from reaching executive positions in the workplace
Glass ceiling
A government-run social insurance program that provides health coverage for people 65 or older
Medicare
Mills' theory about how a small minority of people could hold the highest amounts of social and economic power
Power-Elite
Refers to social mobility over the course of multiple generations
Intergenerational mobility
The insistence that racial differences do not exist, which allows racism to persist but in more subtle forms
Colorblind Racism
According to this model, the wage gap between men and women is explained by the different natural skills that men and women bring to the workplace
Human capital model
This theory posits that satisfaction depends on maintaining an involvement in life via relationships, skills, and hobbies
Activity Theory
The process by which conditions and behaviors are defined and treated as medical issues
Medicalization
How do the Power Elite maintain power in the US?
Information control
A geographic area with high ethnic concentration and a strong cultural identity
Ethnic Enclave
Refers to the hypersexualization of underage girls
The Lolita Effect
The generation which is simultaneously caring for its children and its elderly parents
Sandwiched Generation
This model explains that the wage gap between men and women is the product of gender discrimination in the workforce
Patriarchy Model