Soc 103 - Review for Exam #2 (Fall 2020) Article 21 “Sex and Gender through the Prism of Difference” Gender Inequality Gender roles, gender socialization, gender inequality Traditional division of...

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Soc 103 - Review for Exam #2 (Fall 2020) Article 21 “Sex and Gender through the Prism of Difference” Gender Inequality Gender roles, gender socialization, gender inequality Traditional division of labor in the household Women’s labor force increase – reasons Educational attainment by gender over time Percentage of women in different fields Women’s earnings as compared to men Earnings inequality – reasons Aging Trends leading to graying of society Reasons for aging of U.S. Social gerontology (uses sociological imagination) Aging (biological, psychological, social) Technology – effects on 3 aging processes Assistive technologies Employment changes based on age First generation of theories on aging – Functionalism (disengagement, activity, continuity) Second generation of theories on aging – Social conflict Third generation of theories on aging – Life course perspective Young old, old old, oldest old Generation gaps in perception of aging History of poverty among the elderly (percentages) (reasons for decline) Social security, Medicare (percentage of Americans supporting Medicare and Soc. Sec.) Immigration History of immigration Reasons for slowing of immigration in early 1900’s Open-door immigration policy Naturalization Act of 1790 Immigration Act of 1921, 1924 Immigration Act of 1952 (changes) Immigration Act of 1965 Changes in racial and ethnic composition of U.S. population (continuing) Assimilation, Ethnic Disadvantage Perspective, Segmented Assimilation Perspective 3 dimensions of assimilation (Education, Income, Residential Segregation) Residential Segregation Rust Belt Sun Belt Reasons for move States with largest population growth New popular immigrant destinations Immigration to Sun Belt instead of Rust Belt Suburban living Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation Isolation Index Economic Residential Segregation Classic economic theories of migration (push factors, pull factors) Comparing push/pull factors of Great migration to push/pull factors of today