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Sociology 1301 Questions and Correct
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The social construction of gender
Ans: From the moment you are born, significant others begin
defining your gender identity.
Sex
Ans: The biological characteristics.
Gender
Ans: A social identity; the socially learned expectations and
behaviors.
Is embedded in social institutions.
Gender socialization
Ans: Men and women learn the expectations associated with
their sex
-Rules of gender extend to all aspects life and society.
-Affects one's self-concepts, social and political attitudes,
perceptions about other people, and feelings about
relationships with other
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-Even those who challenge traditional gender specific behavior,
find themselves complying with them.
Gender identity
Ans: Is basic to out self-concept and shapes our expectations
for ourselves, our abilities and interests, and how we interact
with others.
Family
Ans: Helps us establish our initial gender identity via approval
or disapproval of our behavior.
Peers
Ans: Relationships shape children's patterns of social
interactions.
Schools
Ans: Strongly influence gender socialization.
Religion
Ans: Significant source of gender socialization.
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Media
Ans: Negatively and positively influence gender role behavior
and gender identity.
Gendered institutions
Ans: a term used to describe the differential treatment men
and women common in the workplace, places of worship,
hospitals, sports, schools, and other institutions.
Race/gender analysis
Ans: -Good way to analyse is to examine the "matrix of
domination" and learn to "think relationally" as well as
"comparatively"
-Key element is intersections of experiences
-Concept of "class": group's relative access to social and
economic resources.
-Hetero-sexism is upheld by the legal privileging of
heterosexual marriage, and by "phallocentric" thinking that
assumes women's sexuality is defined primarily in relation to
phallic intercourse.
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Sociology 1301 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
The social construction of gender
Ans: From the moment you are born, significant others begin
defining your gender identity.
Sex
Ans: The biological characteristics.
Gender
Ans: A social identity; the socially learned expectations and
behaviors.
Is embedded in social institutions.
Gender socialization
Ans: Men and women learn the expectations associated with
their sex
-Rules of gender extend to all aspects life and society.
-Affects one's self-concepts, social and political attitudes,
perceptions about other people, and feelings about
relationships with other
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-Even those who challenge traditional gender specific behavior,
find themselves complying with them.
Gender identity
Ans: Is basic to out self-concept and shapes our expectations
for ourselves, our abilities and interests, and how we interact
with others.
Family
Ans: Helps us establish our initial gender identity via approval
or disapproval of our behavior.
Peers
Ans: Relationships shape children's patterns of social
interactions.
Schools
Ans: Strongly influence gender socialization.
Religion
Ans: Significant source of gender socialization.
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Media
Ans: Negatively and positively influence gender role behavior
and gender identity.
Gendered institutions
Ans: a term used to describe the differential treatment men
and women common in the workplace, places of worship,
hospitals, sports, schools, and other institutions.
Race/gender analysis
Ans: -Good way to analyse is to examine the "matrix of
domination" and learn to "think relationally" as well as
"comparatively"
-Key element is intersections of experiences
-Concept of "class": group's relative access to social and
economic resources.
-Hetero-sexism is upheld by the legal privileging of
heterosexual marriage, and by "phallocentric" thinking that
assumes women's sexuality is defined primarily in relation to
phallic intercourse.
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