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Chap 10 Gender Stratification-Ryan

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Refers to the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being male or female.Gender
This woman reasoned that people everywhere should define "masculine" and "feminine" in the same way.Margaret Mead
Unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women.Gender stratification
Studied 200 preindustrial societies and found some global agreement on which tasks are masculine and feminine.George Murdock
Form of social organization in which males dominate females.Patriarchy
Women that are highly concentrated in low paying jobs is an example of?Institutional Sexism
Form of social organization in which females dominate males.Matriarchy
Belief that one sex is innately supior to the other.Sexism
Who spent a year watching children play to study the effects of peer groups?Janet Lever
Any category of people distingiushed by physical or cultural difference that a society sets apart ans subotinates.Minority
Who explained that Gender forms a complementary set of roles that links men and women into family units for the purpose of carrying out important tasks?Talcott Parsons
attutudes and activities that a society links to each sex.Gender roles/Sex roles
Who saw that in hunting and gathering societies, the activities of men and women had the same importance?Friedrich Engels
The advocacy of social equality for men and women, in opposition to patriarchy and sexism.Feminism
Working to increase equality, promoting sexual freedom, and expanding human choice is an example of?Basic Feminist ideas.

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