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Social norm
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Accepted behaviors within a society or group
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Socialization
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•Processes through
which we learn social norms•“Nested” processes:
interpersonal, familial, community, society, state, global, etc…
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Social
construct
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A perception of an individual, group, or idea that is "constructed'
through cultural or social practice
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GENDER
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The culturally and socially produced ideas
about the differences between females and males in a particular society.
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Gender socialization
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•The process of
learning behavior and traits associated with gender roles – what is believed to
be appropriate for different genders in a given culture.
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Gender roles
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Tasks & activities that a culture assigns
to different genders.
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Gender stereotypes
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•oversimplified
strongly held ideas about the characteristics of different genders.
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Ethnicity
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Socially constructed collection of people who identify with each other based on cultural practices, geography, and language
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