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The social process of learning how to act as a boy or giril

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Gender socialization

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Feminist Theory

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This sociological theory focuses on the inequalities between men and women

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Gender roles

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The set of activities and behaviors commonly expected of boys/girls by society are called

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Sex

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This term refers to a person’s external genitalia and internal reproductive organs

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Functionalism

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Functionalism

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This asserts that the division of labor between men and women historically benefitted society

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Second Wave Feminism

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Wave of feminist theory began in the 1960s; focused on women’s inequality in society

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First wave Feminism

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Wave of feminism began at the turn of the century and focused on political rights and suffrage

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Multiculturalism

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Concept is at odds with feminism because it accepts cultural practices that marginalize and hurt women

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Heterosexism

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System of attitude, bias, and discrimination that favor male-female sexuality and relationships

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Intersectionality

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The idea that various forms of oppression-like racism, classism, and sexism- are interrelated

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Symbolic interactionism

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Perspective focuses on gender socialization and how society transfer how boy/girls should behave

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Misogyny

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Dislike of contempt for or ingrained prejudice against women is called

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Misogyny

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Dislike of contempt for or ingrained prejudice against women is called

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Patriarchy

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Concept that women have been systematically oppressed and that men have been dominant in society

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Conflict perspective

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Perspective in sociology says it is to men’s adv to prevent women from gaining politics and soc resources

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Pink collar jobs

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Women dominate jobs that purpose is to support those higher up the occupational ladder

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Pink collar jobs

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Women dominate jobs that purpose is to support those higher up the occupational ladder

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Pink collar jobs

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Women dominate jobs that purpose is to support those higher up the occupational ladder

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Pink collar jobs

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Women dominate jobs that purpose is to support those higher up the occupational ladder

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Occupational sex Segregation

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Women concentrated in lower status occupations is called

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Sexism

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A set belief, attitudes, norm, and values us to justify sexual inequality is called

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Intersex

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Person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the definition of male/female

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Assigned gender

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The determination of an infant’s sex at birth is their

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Gender identity
Person's innermost core concept of self which can include boy/man, a blend of both or neither
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Gender Spectrum
Continuum of gender that rec. the diversity of those who do not fit into the gender bi choices
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Affirmed gender
An individual' gender self-identification, rather than their assigned gender
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Gender binary
System that constructs gender according to 2 opposite categories: boy/man, girl/women
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Cisgender
People whose gender identity aligns with their assigned sex at birth
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Transgender
Term to describe anyone whose gender identity differs from their assigned birth sex
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Gender expression
This is our "public" gender; how one presents themselves to the world
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Sex
The biological characteristics with which we are born
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Gender
Learned attitudes and behaviors that characterize women and men
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Gender identity
A perception of oneself as either masculine or feminie
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Gender roles
The characteristics, attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that society expects of females and males
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Gender stereotypes
expectations about how people will look, act, think, and feel based on sex
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Sexism
an attitude or behavior that discriminates against one sex, usually females, based on the assumed superiority of the other sex
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Gender Stratification
People's unequal access to wealth, power, status, prestige, and other valued resources because of their sex
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Gender pay gap
The overall income difference between women and men in the workplace (also called the wage gap, pay gap and gender wage gap)
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Sexual harassment
Any unwanted sexual advance, request for sexual favors or other conduct of a sexual nature that makes a person uncomfortable and interferes with her or his work
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Sexual identity
our awareness of ourselves as male or female and the way that we express our sexual values, attitudes, feelings, and beliefs.
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Sexual orientation
A preference for sexual partners of the same sex, of the opposite sex, of both sexes, or neither sex
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homosexuals
those who are sexually attracted to people of the same sex
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heterosexuals
those who are sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex
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bisexuals
those who are sexually attracted to members of both sexes
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asexuals
those who lack any interest in or desire for sex
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trangendered
people who are transsexuals, intersexuals, or transvesities
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sexual script
specifies the formal or informal norms for legitimate or unacceptable sexual activity, which individuals are eligible sexual partners and the boundaries of sexual behavior
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transexuals
Are people born with one biological sex but choose to live their life as another sex- either by consistently cross-dressing or by having their sex surgically altered
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transvestites
are people who cross-dress at times but don't necessarily consider themselves a member or the other sex
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Heterosexism
the belief that heterosexuality is superior to and more natural than homosexuality or bisexuality
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homophobia
the fear and hatred of homosexuality
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abortion
the expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus
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Functionalist
Gender roles are complementary and equally important Agreed-on sexual norms contribute to a society's order and stability
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Conflict
Gender roles give men power to control women's lives instead of allowing the sexes to be complementary and equally important Most societies regulate women's, not men's, sexual behavior
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Feminist
Women's inequality reflects their historical and current domination by men especially in the workplace many men use violence
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Feminist
Women's inequality reflects their historical and current domination by men especially in the workplace many men use violence
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Symbolic Interactionist
Gender inequality is a social construction that emerges through day-to-day interactions and reflects people's gender role expectations The social construction of sexuality varies across cultures because of societal norms and values
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A person who resists gender norms but does not seek to change their sex
Genderqueer
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The general expectations and norms about masculinity in North America
Hegemonic Masculinity
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learned patterns of behavior that reflect a set of social expectations about men and women
Gender Roles
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Gender disadvantage must be considered in relation to other types of vulnerability, such as ethnicity, class, or age
Intersectionality
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The theoretical perspectives suggest that socialization and labelling shape gender identities
Symbolic interactiionism
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Women's unpaid housework and caretaking performed in addition to laboring in the paid employment sector
Second shift
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The normalization and frequent acceptance of sexual violence
Rape culture
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Refers to the idea that factors such as gender are socially created and then acted out
Performativity

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