Class on the 30th of November

Today in class we began to take notes on Gender and Sex.

Gender and Family—Sociology

Formative Assessment Review Sheet

Name:                                                         

Terms to Define

Sex:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Gender:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Gender Identity:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Gender Socialization:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Sexism:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Pink Collar Jobs:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Glass Ceiling:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Family:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Monogamy:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Polygamy:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Patriarchy:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Matriarchy:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Egalitarian:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Concepts to Understand (aka, essays on your test)

How does the “modern family” differ from the families of the past?

Where do your ideas of gender expectations come from?  Be specific in three ways.

How are gender roles enforced?

In what ways do gay families “challenge to “heteronormative conceptions of family”?

Explain the functions of family within society.

What are the three ways control within the family is distributed?

Will you socialize your children to follow their gender or not? If not how will you deal with the social stigma of going against the grain?

In what ways are the genders treated “unequal” in the U.S.?