intro to sociology

"unequal access to power prestige and property on the basis of sex."

refers to biological characteristitics

refers to social characteristics-"male and female."

each culture has is own definion of gender

we inherit our sex and learn our gender

Origins or patriarchy

early on, life was short

females limited by childbearing

men became dominant as hunters and warriors

weapons, trade, and knowledge gained from contact with other gave men power

ideology developed that women were less dominanat than men

Feminism-the belief that biology is not destiny and that stratifications according to gender is wrong

1st feminist movement-1920s trying to win the right to vote for women

• 2nd feminist movement-1960s trying to earn equal pay from women
• -this came about partially because of the quiet revolution-the large number of woment entering the workforce in the 50s and 60s.

education-gender tracking is evident

health care

politics

• the work place
• the pay gaps
• the glass ceiling
• the glass escalator

structural barriers coming down

abandoing stereotypes

new consciousness

change in relationships

tiwi vs abkhasians

every society treats the elderly in differnt ways

the growing elderly population in the u.s.

increased with industrialization

7 million more elderly than teenagers today in the u.s

discrimination based on ones age

the meaning of growing old has changed through the years

the elderly used to be seen as a n asset today they are seen as a liability

there needs to be a smooth transition between those leaving their jobs and those entering the workplace

the more informal and formal activites the elderly engage in the more they find life fulfilling

the more the roles one continues to possess in retirement the more fulfilling life will be

looks at the rising cost of the elderly and how money is being taken away from otehr age cohorts

• looks at how the depndency ratio is affective social sercurity
• * the ratio of workers paying into social sercurity vs. those who are collecting social sercurity.