Chapter 10 Flashcards
Marriage in which the partners must be members of the same group (E. G., A religious community)
Endogamy
A long black cloak worn in public by Muslim women
Abaya
Marriage in which the partner must be chosen from outside a defined group (E. G., Members of the same extended family lineage may not marry)
Exogamy
A family group that includes parents and their married children
Extended family
The average number of children born alive to a woman in her lifetime; a fertility rate of 2.1 children per one would eventually result in zero population growth
Fertility rate
Learned behaviors and attitudes associated with the words feminine and masculine
Gender
A family group including only parents and children
Nuclear family
Women’s writing developed in rural China has a secret language to communicate with other women
Nushu
China’s birth control program introduced in 1979 to encourage most families to have no more than one child
One-child campaign
Biological features that distinguish women for men
Sex
Mandren dialect spoken by the majority of people in China
Standard Chinese
True or false
Gender equality is not dependent on the income level of the country. Several developing countries outperform much richer countries and the opportunities afforded women.
True
Generally, gender inequality is _ in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab states
highest
Studies from Canada, New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom show that one woman and _ is raped in her lifetime.
six
Studies from Chile, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, and the Republic of Korea indicate that two thirds or more of married women have suffered _ _.
domestic violence
