Extra Identities Flashcards

Question 1

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Weeks

SEXUAL IDENTITY REMAINS TRADITIONAL AS HETEROSEXUALITY IS SEEN AS THE NORM

Answer

A

gays will point out “I am gay”, others won’t
have to declare your belonging to something else

Question 2

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Plummer

SEXUAL IDENTITY REMAINS TRADITIONAL AS HETEROSEXUALITY IS SEEN AS THE NORM

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homsexuality is a process
homosexual career - a male who has accepted the label of homosexual will seek out others and join a subculture in which stereotypical homosexual characteristics are the norm

Question 3

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Mac An Ghaill

PEERS REINFORCE TRADITIONAL HETEROSEXUAL IDENTITY

Answer

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heterosexual boys preoccupied with the 3 f’s
football, fighting and f###ing
this would suppress many emotions
fear, intimidation or love were all feminised and condemned, unlike anger
therefore, they grow up to be emotionally unexpressive adults, damaging the boys and society

Question 4

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Rich

WOMENS SEXUALITY HAS BEEN OPPRESSED IN A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY

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women’s sexuality oprpressed through institutes such as marriage, sexual violence and objectification of women
compulsory heterosexuality
women socialised into subordinate role so they’re “available” for men
lesbian identity seen as a threat to men

Question 5

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Equality Act 2010

SEXUAL IDENTITIES ARE CHANGING DUE TO NEW LAWS

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unlawful to discriminate against anyone on the grounds of sexuality in workplace, public sector, education etc.

Question 6

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McCormack

SEXUAL IDENTITIES ARE CHANGING DUE TO PEERS

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initially homophobia rose from conservatives who were traditional; nuclear family
less social capital = less open gay
S.28 Equality Act 2010, Every Child Matters policy has impacted attitudes towards sexuality
schools promote diversity/sexualities

Question 7

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Jackson

SEXUAL IDENTITIES ARE CHANGING DUE TO WOMEN BEING LESS OPPRESSED

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ladettes
much more open and liberated about their sexual encounters
more open about being promiscuous

Question 8

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Anderson

NATIONAL IDENTITY IS TRADITIONAL AS PEOPLE IN A COUNTRY ACT AS AN IMAGINED COMMUNITY

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nation = imagined community
never meet fellow members
national identity = socially constructed through symbols eg flags/anthems
through the media, we are encouraged to get behind our nation’s interests

Question 9

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Phillips et al

EDUCATION SYSTEM SOCIALISES INDIVIDUALS INTO A TRADITIONAL NATIONAL IDENTITY

Answer

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national curriculum supports ideology of nationalism
history lessons = key factor in national identity
taught through the eyes of the country taught in
shared sense of involvement and identity

Question 10

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Schuden

BRITISH PEOPLE SOCIALISED INTO COMMON NATIONAL CULTURE AND IDENTITY THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS

Answer

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eg common language - english
eg education - history
eg symbols - monarch

Question 11

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Sardar

NATIONAL IDENTITY IS CHANGING DUE TO CHANGES IN NORMS/VALUES IN UK

Answer

A

world is in the middle of identity crisis
no longer east vs west / capitalism vs communism
historical english traditions seen as meaningless to current population

Question 12

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Hewitt

NATIONAL IDENTITY IS CHANGING DUE TO ENGLISH IDENTITY BEING PORTRAYED NEGATIVELY

Answer

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Britain has seen white backlash from w/c whites
pereferential treatment of ethnic minorities
in a fight between white vs minority, white more likely to be in trouble as it is assumed it was a racial fight
education system can create/reinforce national identities

Question 13

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McLuhan

NATIONAL IDENTITY IS CHANGING DUE TO GLOBALISATION CAUSING CULTURAL HOMOGENISATION

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predicted global village would occur
internet means world is interconnected
as it moves at the speed of light, new patterns of communication is created
distant events presented with personal dimension
communities across the world are entwined with one another’s affairs

Question 14

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Les Back

NATIONAL IDENTITY IS CHANGING DUE TO MULTICULTURALISM CAUSING CULTURAL HYBRIDITY

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ethnographic study of 2 council estates
whites, blacks, asians formed new shared culture - neighborhood nationalism
–> a feeling of solidarity and common identity with people from the same area

Question 15

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Hall

SUPPORTS HEWITT + MCLUHAN + LESBACK

NATIONAL IDENTITY IS CHANGING DUE TO GLOBALISATION CAUSING CULTURAL HOMOGENISATION, CULTURAL HYBRIDITY AND CULTURAL RESISTANCE

Answer

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suggests that countries may display 3 different reactions to globalisation;
They may accept a global culture, and all countries will become more similar – Cultural homogenisation
They may take in some parts of global culture and develop a new but still individual cultures – Cultural hybridity
They may resist global culture and fiercely protect their cultural heritage, becoming more traditional and nationalistic – Cultural resistance

Question 16

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Shakespeare

PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY FACE DIFFICULTIES, LEADING TO A VICTIM MENTALITY (TRADITIONAL)

Answer

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disabled are socialised into seeing themselves as victims due to their impairment
use as a reason for failure
lack of positive role models
treated with pity and awkwardness

Question 17

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Ridley

DISABILITY IS A TRADITIONAL AS IT’S REINFORCED BY AWKWARD TREATMENT

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Scope UK charity
4/5 = “not yet disabled”
treat equally, not awkwardly

Question 18

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Barnes

DISABILITY IS A TRADITIONAL DUE TO LACK OF POSITIVE MEDIA MODELS

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representations in media traditionally negative + stereotyped
rarely presented as having their own identity
eg. in need of pity/charity, as victims (killed in shows), villains, burdens, sexually abnormal

Question 19

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Murugami

DISABILITY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY NORMALISED

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to create an identity that accepts impairment, they must see themselves as a person first, and a disability as a characteristic
to do this, they must reconstruct what is considered “normal”
very few are able bodied their whole lives
see disability as a condition, not an impairment that sets people apart from society