Sociology 2140 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Linnaean Taxonomy, Glass Ceiling, Equal Pay For Equal Work
2 Mar 2017
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7 sexism: belief in psychological, behavioural, or intellectual differences between males/females that make one better than the other. The learning of gender roles is a lifelong process. Expressive roles: nurturing and emotionally supportive roles that women. Instrumental roles: task-oriented roles that men are generally socialized. The relationships that men/women have to production shapes male. Through socialization process, males and females are taught the meanings of. Pre-industrial society required a division of labour based on gender. Industrialization rendered this traditional division of labour less functional, Structural functionalists: but the ideas still remained. Feminist perspective: are generally socialized into into. Heteronormativity: assumes that people are two opposite sexes, benefits opposite-sex relations, denies full rights/freedoms to those in same-sex relations. Structural sexism: ways that society subordinates individuals based on their sexual classification. Devaluation hypothesis: argues women are paid less because the work that they perform is socially defined as less valuable than men(cid:495)s work. Family gap/child penalty: the income losses associated with women(cid:495)s.
