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Sex
An individual's membership in one of two biologically distinct categories- male or female. TERM 2
Intersexed
DEFINITION 2 Term to describe a person whose chromosomes or sex characteristics are neither exclusively male nor exclusively female. TERM 3
Gender
DEFINITION 3 The physical, behavioral, and personality traits that a group considers normal for its male and female members. TERM 4
Gender Identity
DEFINITION 4 An individual's self-definition or sense of gender. TERM 5
Second Shift
DEFINITION 5 The unpaid housework and child care often expected of women after they complete their day's paid labor.
Feminism
Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes; also the social movements organized around that belief. TERM 7
Human Sexual Dimorphism
DEFINITION 7 The extent, much debated in recent years, to which inherent physical differences define the distinctions between the two sexes. TERM 8
Essentialists
DEFINITION 8 Those who believe gender roles have a genetic or biological origin and therefore cannot be changed. TERM 9
Constructionists
DEFINITION 9 Those who believe that notions of gender are socially determined, such that a dichotomous system is just one possibility among many. TERM 10
Patriarchy
DEFINITION 10 Literally meaning "rule of the father"; a male dominated society.
Gender Role Socialization
The lifelong process of learning to be masculine or feminine, primarily through four agents of socialization: families, schools, peers, and the media. TERM 17
Social Learning
DEFINITION 17 The process of learning behaviors and meanings through social interaction. TERM 18
Instrumental Role
DEFINITION 18 The position of the family member who provides the family's material support and is often an authority figure. TERM 19
Expressive Role
DEFINITION 19 The position of the family member who provides emotional support and nurturing. TERM 20
Transsexuals
DEFINITION 20 Individuals who identify with the other sex and have surgery to alter their own sex so it fits their self-image.
Male Liberationism
A movement that originated in the 1970s to discuss the challenges of masculinity. TERM 22
Civil Unions
DEFINITION 22 Proposed as an alternative to gay marriage; a form of legally recognized commitment that provides gay couples some of the benefits and protections of marriage. TERM 23
Homophobia
DEFINITION 23 Fear of or discrimination toward homosexuals or toward individuals who display purportedly gender-inappropriate behavior.
