Gender Stratification

Gender is...

• Personal and social characteristics of masculinity and femininity

• A social construct

• Biologically determined traits

• Only male and female

Social constructs are _________________ but the effects on how we interact are ___________

• false, imagined

• made up by the society, real

• real, inconsequential

• gender, sexual

Gender stratification refers to

• unequal distribution of power and privilege in terms of race

• unequal distribution of power and privilege in terms of gender

• unequal distribution of power and privilege in terms of age

• unequal distribution of power and privilege in terms of class

Patriarchal societies are

• a form of social organization in which men have more power than other genders

• a form of social organization in which women have more power than other genders

• a form of social organization in which whites have more power than other races

• a form of social organization in which children have more power than other age group

Matriarchal societies are...

• a form of social organization in which men have more power than other genders

• a form of social organization in which women have more power than other genders

• a form of social organization in which Alphas have more power than other human groups

• a form of social organization in which the Inner Party Members have more power than other Social Class

Gender expectations are reinforced through...

• Parental socialization

• Media messages

• Representation of genders in leadership positions

• Harassment of people who do not follow gender norms

• All of the above

What are "Pink Collar Jobs"

• Jobs that are service and care jobs that women tend to choose because society has socialized them to want to be in caring positions

• Jobs with highest concentrations of women with more prestige and greater pay

• Jobs that have low concentrations of women with lower prestige and lower pay

• Jobs with higher concentrations of men with higher prestige and higher pay

classification of people as male or female based on biological characteristics​

• sex

• gender

• biological determinsim

• gender socialization

a set of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values used to justify sexual inequality​

• gender identity

• biological determinism

• gender socialization

• sexism