Wilkes University Sociology 101 Exam 3, Chapters 9-12

Chapters 9-12. Wilkes University Sociology 101 exam 3

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Sex
Biological distinction of being male or female that develops before birth.
Hermaphrodite
A person with the combination of male and female internal/external genitalia.
Gender
Socially constructed attitudes, meanings, beliefs, and behaviors associated with the sex differences of being born male or female, and learned through thet process of socialization.
Gender Roles
Learned and reinforced through associated behaviors and attitudes with the help of socializing agents such as family, schools, peers, media, politics, and religion.
Androgyny
Gender role that combines both male and female characteristics.
Patriarchy
Stratification system favoring men.
Feminists
One who advocates social and economic equality for women in opposition to the male dominated system of patriarchy.
Matriarchy
Stratification system favoring women.
Liberal Feminists
Want the same rights, privileges and protection afforded to African American and other minorites under the Civil Rights Act by the passage of an Equal Rights Act.
Socialist Feminists
Consider housework drudgery and view stay-at-home wives as domestic slaves.
Radical Feminists
More aggressive in their drive for liberation and consider men as "necessary evils" and traditional concepts of parenthood and family as obsolete.
The first and most important agent in the socialization process is?
Family.
Modeling
Attempt to imitate behavior of others.
Sexuality
How society views sex and how we feel about ourselves as sexual beings.
Heterosexuality
Being emotionally and/or sexually attracted to the opposite sex.