A system in which people are divided into layers according to relative, power, property, and prestige Social Stratification Stratified = layer in society The P's "the privileges" of social stratification power property prestige degree of honor or respecet prestige when a person scores high in another dimension but lower in another (rare) status inconsistency unequal access to power property and prestige based on sex/gender Gender stratification <question> biological characteristics that distinguish males and female "we are born with it" physical characteristics </question> sex <question> social characteristics that vary from one culture to another and that cultures/societies deem appropriate for their male & female ex: femininity and masculinity, gender roles </question> Gender ___________is THE primary division between people Gender Historically and currently, ______ have ALWAYS had decision making power over __________ men ; women we are taught the roles of our gender sex is ________ gender is _________ inherited; learned Gender prestige is giving to "male" activities the law that requires women'ssports in public sports to be funded equality to men's sports Title IX significance of gender inequalities are found in what 4 areas? health care education sports workplace a group with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish it from other groups Race <question> it is inherited, you are born into it examples : skin color, eye shape, hair color etc. </question> race refers to cultural characters that distinguish a group of people/ its learned ethinicity examples: food any kind of dress, religion, language ethnicity the group that has greater power, more privileges, higher social status ( not always largest group) dominant group the male is an example of a _________ group dominant characteristics of minority groups: membership is ascribed traits held in low esteem treated unequally strong group solidary its internal, a thought or attitude of prejudging of some sort, "the thought" prejudice everyone is __________ prejudice its external, unfair treatment directed towards someone or some group, "the action" discimination Authoritian personality theory explains why people are prejudice authoritarian personality theory (3) 1. learns norms of own group 2. anxiety when diff norms are encountered 3. prejudice is a defense mechanism to counter anxiety the actual or attempted systematic annihilation of a race or ethnic group genocide the dominant involuntary movement of a minority population transfer a societies policy of exploiting a minority, it is denied acces to all benefits but their work is exploited to the dominant group internal colonialism the formal separation of groups/ the dominant group disallows (by law) access to the same benefits segregation the process by which a minority is absorbed into mainstream (forced or involuntary) assimilation ethnic/cultural diversity is encourage, you ignore or accept the differences multiculturalism reference to the white people that originally came her from England WASP( White Anglo-Saxton Protestant) A group of people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption family people who occupy the same housing unit household husband, wife, and children (or equivalent) "immediate family" - 1 generation nuclear family grandparents, cousins, aunts ect. , nuclear family plus other relatives extended family family whose members were once part of other families, normally result of divorce or death blended family What are the 2 elements of romantic love emotional cognitive a groups approved mating arrangements usually marked by a ritual to show the couples new status marriage what are the 5 social channels of a first marriage age education social class race religion the tendency of people with similar characteristics to marry one another homogamy the reason for homogamy is special nearness also known as "propinquity" the legala termination of a marriage divorce living together as unmarried couple cohabitation what percent married couples in the US never have children? 19% what is the strongest indicator that determines the rather a women with have children or not? education