Exam 2
Social And Behavioral Sciences 201 with Collins at Ohio University
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· process whereby we perform roles expected of us by the social conventions surrounding us
Stratification by sex-
Sexual stratification at work
Work is sex typed-
Sexual stratification at work
o Associated with one sex or the other
Sexism and work-
Sexual stratification at work
o Men activities normally given more prestige than female prestige
o Sex that is associated with the work that provides prestige not the work itself
How do we learn our gendered roles?
o Beginning in early childhood we learn our expected roles
o Our parents are our 1st significant other to teach us gender roles
o Family/friends
o Media
o Clothes
o Games
o Language
theory of complementary roles- Structure functionalism
o Views gender in terms of harmonizing roles that link men & women
- raise boys w/instrumental orientation
- raise females w/expressive orientation
emphasizes rationality, competition and goal oriented; sports and toys
Emotionally responsive, cooperative, and nurturing; dolls, kitchen sets = toys
Social conflict:gender & equality
· Argues gender generates conflict between male haves and female have-nots
Society teaches women fulfillment comes from
o marriage
o Being buyers of goods
Gender as a social stratification states
o True equality is only possible if women take roles of power
Inequality based on
o Social class
o Family background
o Race and ethnicity
o Gender
Head start
o Provides educational resources, health care, parental involvement, social services
o Enrolled students score more on intelligent and achievement tests, have better health statuses, socio/emotional traits for adjusting to school
o Allow children to communicate in and out of the class
Supporters of total immersion
o Enriches students, because it provides 2 different cultures
Enhances self esteem Critics of total immersion
o Places students at a disadvantage outside of the classroom
o Reduces English skills
o Cost money
o Leads to hostility to minority competition for scarce resources
o Achievement tests are biased against minorities because tests are specific to white middle class
Discipline more often and harshly; results in falling behind or kicked out
Educational materials reinforce gender roles with
o Text book stereotype male/female roles
o Females will attain less math and science
o Hidden curriculum
Females will attain less math and science because of what environmental influences?
§ Educational institutes
§ Peers/parents
What are the Males disadvantages in school?
· don’t have male teachers for role models
· labeled retarded
· disciplined
· drop out
o Instruction
o Socialization
o Sorting individual statuses
o Custodial care
Instruction
o Help children with self-development and social function
o Many parents believe it’s schools responsibility to teach their children
Socialization
o Entails students to respect authority and learned behavior essential to organization
o Children learn to respond to authority because they have to ask permission
o Students that don’t learn this are at risk later in life for disobeying future employers and agents of the criminal justice system
o Schools instill dominant culture
Sorting individual into statuses
o People are sorted into professional statuses because degrees in majors bring with them prestige; higher education means higher income
o Employment tied to education status
Custodial care
o Daycare for children 12- years of their life
o Year round schools and extended school hours keep children away from drugs, gangs, and pregnancy
to provide a universal way of achieving, when in reality education options and quality of education isn’t evenly distributed, this is seen in school funding (property taxes)
programing of dominant culture of society
o When cultural imperialism takes place values, norms, and ideology is systematically ignored
Kozol’s savage inequalities perpetuates racial disparities
Found schools in poor districts have less funding, inadequate facilities, books, materials, and teachers
social and verbal skills that earn approval of teachers
Disadvantage homes are less likely to have verbal and social skills, mirror disapproval from teachers; affects kids self esteem
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