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Inequalities of Gender and Sexual Orientation

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Why do sociologists view women as a minority group

Their position relative to men, the dominant group

What do symbolic interactionists say about sex and gender:

Sex is biological, gender is learned, social

Why is sex a master trait:

Cutting across all other identities, we are always male/female

Name the 4 principles of power through the conflict lense:

1. Power yields privilege. In every society, the powerful enjoy the best resources available.
2. The privileged lifestyles of those in power encourage them to feel that they are superior beings.
3. To support their feelings or superiority, the powerful clothe themselves with ideologies that justify their position.
4. To maintain their position, the powerful use the social institutions. As a group, men are no exception to these principles. They cling to their positions, cultivate images of female inferiority to justify their greater privilege, use economic and legal weapons against women.

Apply feminist/conflict theory to gendered violence

Using violence to keep control of the of the less powerful

Apply symbolic interactionism to gendered violence:

As men dominate society, people learn to associate power, dominance with masculinity. As boys/men come to judge themselves with these terms, violence becomes one way to express dominance and power.

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Social Problems: a down to earth approach | 9781292039862 | James M Henslin

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