Quiz 10 Flashcards
2nd wave feminists
protest against gender inequalities roughly from the 1960s -1980s, ranged from wanting increased pay, changing policies on violence against women and legalizing abortion – was avoided by minorities because they felt it only represented white women’s interests
sexual harassment
the abuse of one’s position or authority to force unwanted sexual demands on someone
glass ceiling
: the mostly invisible barrier that keeps women from advancing to top levels at work
gender stratification
men and women’s unequal access to property, power and prestige
sex typed work
George Murdock (1937) surveyed 324 societies around the world and found every society associates a certain kind of work with one sex or another
gender tracking
college degrees tend to follow gender, reinforcing male-female distinctions
sex VS gender
S-biological
G-social
3rd wave feminists
About 1990 on
- Focus on the problems of women in the Last Industrialized nations
- Criticism of masculine values that dominate society
- Focus on women’s sexual pleasure
- Some tension between white and minority interests
feminism
the philosophy that men and women should be politically, economically, and socially equal; organized activities on behalf of this principle
patriarchy
men-as-a-group dominating women-as-a-group; authority vested in men
disengagement theory
the view that society is stabilized by having the elderly retire (disengage from) their positions of responsibility so the younger generation can step into their shoes.
life span
the longest that a human has lived
primary VS secondary sex characteristics
P-organs related to reproduction
S-physical distinctions not directly related to reproduction
continuing theory
a theory focusing on how people adjust to retirement by continuing aspects of their earlier lives
