Social Identity Flashcard

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.