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| biological differences between male and females |
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| the social and cultural significance that we attach to the biological differences of sex |
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| the idea that men learn and play a full range of gender roles |
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| the belief in social, economic, and political equality for women |
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| denotes our identities and activities as sexual beings |
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| the categories of people to whom we are sexually attracted |
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| the category of sexual orientation that includes those who are sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex |
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| a category of sexual orientation that includes those who are attracted to members of the same sex |
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| a category of sexual orientation that includes those who are attracted to both men and women |
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| people who appear to be biologically one sex but who identify with the gender of another |
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| a term that sociologist use to describe the cultural presupposition that heterosexuality is the appropriate standard for sexual identity and practice and that alternative sexualities are deviant, abnormal, or wrong |
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| the person in the family who bears responsibility for the completion of tasks, focuses on distant goals, and manages the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions |
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| the person in the family who bears responsibility for the maintenance of harmony and internal emotional affairs |
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| the ideology that one sex is superior to the other |
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| institutional discrimination |
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| a pattern of treatment that systematically denies a group access to resources and opportunities as part of society's normal operations |
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| an invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender, race, or ethnicity |
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| the double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equally |
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