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Race
Gender
100
When you feel poor compared to those around you, but still have life's basics: food, water, shelter, clothing
What is relative poverty?
100
Unlike race, this is defined through a cultural lens
What is ethnicity?
100

Exaggerated traits associated with and put upon men and women (e.g., men are aggressive, women are calm)

What are gender role stereotypes?

200
The idea that society is organized in layers (or strata) based on access to resources
What is stratification?
200
Overgeneralizations of people based solely on their race/ethnic group
What are (racial/ethnic) stereotypes?
200

The difference between men and women's income -- (on average) women make 82 cents to a man's dollar

What is the gender income gap?

300

His approach to social class largely reflects what is now known as socioeconomic status (SES)

Who is Max Weber?

300
Withholding opportunities from groups – while these same opportunities are provided to other groups
What is discrimination?
300
Learning the culture of gender expectations
What is gender socialization?
400

This argues that people who are compensated well are simply being rewarded for their hard work and overall sacrifice in building their skill-set. Vice versa for poor folks

What is the Davis-Moore thesis on income inequality?

400

As immigrants become "Americanized," television (and other media) can play a large role in this function

What is assimilation (into a dominate culture)?

400
System of male domination in society
What is patriarchy?
500

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?

500
Created an experiment where she looked at patterns between white and black "job applicants" with and without criminal backgrounds
Who is Devah Pager?
500
An employment barrier that some women face, which prevents them from attaining top-level management positions
What is the glass ceiling?