SOCI 1501W Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Racialization, Heterosexuality, Sexual Script Theory
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Ethnicity and immigration: power of ethnicity- source of identity, mobilizing force, competition, conflict, ranking. Social class: two-dimensional definition of class- rich or poor, not accurate depiction of people"s class in us, american class consciousness (diamond-shaped)- most people middle class, few rich and few poor, reading: coming to class consciousness - hooks. Gentrification- denote the socio-economic, commercial, and demographic change in an urban area resulting from wealthier people buying housing property in a poor community. Sexual encounters are considered to be scripted if the parties involved use any of these five devices: The production of consensus through seamless torn-talking & collaborative talk. The use of hypothetical & general instances. Sociologists believe that emotion emerges in relation to dominant sexual scripts and sexual identity. Sexual script is also believed to have different scripts for males and females in relation to sexual activity.
