Chapter 10: Gender And Sexuality

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Sex

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A mainly biological distinction between males and females based on fundamental differences in their reproductive functions.

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Gender

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The physical, behavioral, and personality characteristics that are considered appropriate for one’s sex.

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Intersexed

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People who have some combination of the genitalia of both males and females.

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Transsexual

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An individual whose genitalia are of the sex opposite the one with which he or she identifies and who may undergo treatment or surgery to acquire the physical characteristics of the self-identified sex.

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Sexuality

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The ways in which people think about, and behave toward, themselves and other as sexual beings.

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Sexual Orientation

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Preferences based on whom one desires sexually, with whom one wants to engage in sexual relations, and with whom one feels connected to- typically categorized as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or asexual.

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Heterosexuality

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Desire to have sexual relations with someone of the opposite sex.

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Homosexuality

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Desire to have sexual relations with someone of the same sex.

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Bisexuality

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A desire to have sexual relations with individuals of both the opposite sex and the same sex.

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Asexuality

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A lack of sexual desire.

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Sexual Scripts

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Generally known ideas about what one ought to do and not do as far as sexual behavior is concerned.

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Consensual sex

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Sexual intercourse that is agreed upon by the participants in a n informed process.

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Sexual assaults

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Sexual acts of domination, usually enacted by men against women.

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Rape

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A form of domination; violent sexual intercourse.

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Sexual Harassment

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Unwanted sexual attention that takes place in the workplace or other settings.

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Hegemonic Masculinity

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A set of ideas about the characteristics of men that focuses on the interests and desires of men and is linked to patriarchy.

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Emphasized Femininity

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A set of socially constructed ideas that accommodates to the interests of men and to patriarchy and involves the compliance of females.

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Transgender

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An umbrella term describing individuals whose gender identity does not conform to the sex to which they were assigned at birth and whose behavior challenges gender norms.

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Hidden Curriculum

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A school’s unofficial rules, routines, and structures, through which students learn various behaviors, attitudes, and values.

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Feminization of Labor

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The rise of female labor participation in all sectors and the movement of women into job traditionally held by men.

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Female Proletarizanization

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The channeling of an increasing number of women into low-status, poorly paid manual work.

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Feminization of Poverty

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The rise in the number of women falling below the poverty line.