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Flashcards by Yasmine King, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Yasmine King
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| Question | Answer |
| Sex | Refers to the biological differences between males and females |
| Gender | Refers to the cultural classification of people as masculine and feminine. Societies set down expectations for males and females and people are encouraged to think, feel and act in a manner appropriate to their sex |
| Sexuality | People's sexual characteristics and their sexual behaviour |
| Femininity | Characteristics associated with being a women which has an effect on female behaviour, the characteristics can be negotiated and changed |
| Masculinity | Characteristics associated with being a man which has an effect on masculine behaviour those characteristics can be negotiated and changed |
| Hegemonic Femininity | The dominant/ traditional style of femininity with characteristics about being passive, subordinate and quiet |
| Hegemonic Masculinity | The dominant/ traditional style of masculinity which stresses toughness, aggression |
| Passive Feminity | Traditional ideas about how girls should behave being quiet,demure and submissive |
| Social Constructionism | Shaped by society, behaviour made by or shaped by the social world |
| Biological Determinism | Shaped by biological make up. ie gender |
| Instrumental Role | Men as breadwinner and provider |
| Expressive Role | The caring role that women take on looking after the home and children |
| Patriarchy | A social system in which men have all the power |
| Lad | Fashionable for young lads to drink larger, play football, have lots of sex and engage in loutish behaviour |
| Ladette | The female version of the lad typically known for heavy drinking, loudness, sexual deviancy and anti-school attitudes |
| Assertive feminitity | Feminine identity that subverts traditional and patriarchal expectations placed on girls and women |
| New Man | Man shares domestic labour more equally |
| Crisis of masculinity | The decline of traditional industry in the UK, this is key as previously men showed their masculinity through industrial work, which in its nature is masculine |
| Marginalised Masculinity | A masculine identity held by those men who traditionally did masculine jobs and now feel their masculinity is under threat as many have now lost their jobs |
| Complicit Masculinity | Connell- New man might be said to adopt, in taking on a shared role in the family |
| Subordinate Masculinity | Masculine which are less powerful and carry lower status e.g a homosexual man |
| Hyper Masculinity | Exaggeration of male stereotypical behaviour, such as an emphasis on physical strength, aggression and sexuality |
| Genderquake | Shifting power from men to women in the 'post equality' generation |
| Horizontal Segregation | The labour market is segregated so that men and women occupy specific areas in terms of types of jobs |
| Vertical Segregation | The labour market is divided so that men occupy the top position in the workplace and women are clustered at the bottom of the hierarchy |
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