Chapter 11: Sex and Gender
Sociology: A Down-to-Earth
Approach 7/e
James M. Henslin
Chapter Eleven: Sex and Gender
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Chapter 11: Sex and Gender
What is Gender Stratification?
“Unequal Access to Power, Prestige, and
Property on the Basis of Sex.”
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Issues of Sex and Gender
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Sex—Biological Characteristics
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Female and Male
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Primary and Secondary Sexual Characteristics
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Issues of Sex and Gender
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Gender—Social Characteristics
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Masculinity and Femininity
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Appropriate Behavior
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Gender Differences In Behavior
Biology or Culture?
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Dominant Position in Sociology
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Social Factors Primary, Not Biological
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If Biological Should Be Less Variation
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Gender Differences In Behavior
Biology or Culture?
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Opening the Door to Biology
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Nature vs. Nurture
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A Medical Accident
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Vietnam Veteran Study
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Gender and Inequality in
Global Perspective
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Sex Typing of Work
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Prestige of Work
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Gender and Inequality in
Global Perspective
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Other Areas of Global Discrimination
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Education
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Politics
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The Pay Gap
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Violence Against Women
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How Females Became a
Minority Group
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Origins of Patriarchy
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Early On, Life was Short
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Females Limited by Childbearing
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Men Became Dominant as Hunters and
Warriors
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Gender Inequality in the U.S.
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Conflict Theory—Power Yields Privilege
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Feminism—Biology is not Destiny
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Gender Inequality in the U.S.
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Fighting Back: The Rise of Feminism
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First Wave—Early 1900s
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Second Wave Began 1960s
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Third Wave Emerging Now
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Gender Inequality in the U.S.
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Gender Inequality in Health Care
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Gender Inequality in Education
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Gender Inequality in the U.S.
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Gender Inequality in Everyday Life
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Devaluation of the Feminine
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Inequality in Conversation
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Gender Inequality in the Workplace
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The Pay Gap
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The Glass Ceiling and Escalator
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The “Mommy Track”
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Gender Inequality in the Workplace
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Gender and Control of Workers
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Sexual Harassment and Worse
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Gender and Violence
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Violence Against Women
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Forcible Rape
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Date Rape
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Murder
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Violence in the Home
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Women and Criminal Justice System
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Gender and Violence
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Feminism and Gendered Violence
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Symbolic Interactionists
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Conflict Theory
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Association of Strength, Virility, and Violence
Men Losing Power, Reassert Through Violence
Gender, Violence, and the Media
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Changing Face of Politics
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Women Majority in Population
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Women Overly Underrepresented in
Government
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Women Underrepresented in Law and
Business Careers
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Glimpsing the Future—With Hope
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Barriers Coming Down
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Abandoning Stereotypes
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New Consciousness
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Change in Relationships
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