Chapter 12 Flashcards
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Transgenderism
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No definitive explanation
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The age of being aware of sexual orientation
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Early adolescence
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Peers play as an agent of socialization
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Reinforce gender roles by criticism
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We do gender
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All the time, in everything we do
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Stresses the importance of regulating sexual behavior to ensure marital cohesion and family stability
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Functionalism
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Doing gender
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People perform tasks or possess characteristics based on an assigned gender role. Gender is something we perform not something we are.
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Queer theory
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Homosexual and heterosexual are pinned against each other. Needs more freedom
