Gender Discrimination Flashcards
One’s sense of being male or female
Gender identity
Gender bias
Stereotypical views and differential treatment of males and females often favoring one gender over the other
Gender norms
Behaviors or traits that society attributes to a particular sex
Cisgender
Individuals whose gender matches his or her biological sex
Transgender
Identification with a gender that does not match one’s biological gender
Gender non-binary
Neither male or female, both male and female or somewhere in between
Gender nonconformity
Lack of conformity to stereotypical masculine or feminine behaviours
Patriarchy
Society in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it
Alpha male
Dominant male in a group
Double standard
Set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women
Domestic violence
Acts of violence involving family members
Sexual harassment
Comments, gestures, physical contacts of a sexual nature that are deliberate, repeated and unwelcome
Glass ceiling
The mostly invisible barrier that keeps women from advancing to the top levels at work
Equal opportunity
The right to equivalent opportunities for employment regardless of race color sex or origin
