Social Identity Flashcard

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A social identity used interchangeably with biological sex in a system that presumes if one has male characteristics, one is male, and if one has female characteristics, one is female.

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Gender

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The system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status.

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SES

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A system that maintains advantage and disadvantage based on social group memberships and operates, intentionally and unintentionally, on individual, institutional, and cultural levels.

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Oppression

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One’s natural preference in sexual and/or romantic partners.

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Sexuality

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A category that describes membership to a group based on real or presumed common ancestry, shared languages and/or religious beliefs, cultural heritage and group history.

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Ethnicity

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The sense of self, providing sameness and continuity in personality over time; the condition of being oneself and not another.

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Identity

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Unearned access to resources only readily available to some people as a result of their advantaged social group membership.

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Privilege

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A socio-historical category used to divide people into populations or groups based on physical appearance, such as skin color, eye color, hair color, etc.

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Race

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The ability to decide who will access to resources; the capacity to direct or influence the behavior of others, oneself, and/or the course of events.

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Power