Love Relationships Chptr 8

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Evolutionary-psychology approach

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argues that various species gradually change over the course of many generations so that they can adapt better to their enviroment.

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Social-role Approach

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men and women often occupy different social opportunities and social disadvantages. (i.e. women have more limited finacial resources in our culture--which means women are forced to focus o a partner's ability to earn money.

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Cohabitation

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refers to unmarried people who live together and who have a continuing emotional and sexual relationship. (Common-law relationship/union.)

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Traditional Marriage

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the husband is more dominant than the wife and both partners maintain traditional gender roles.

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Egalitarian Marriage

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both partners share power equally, without traditional gender roles. The wife and the husband have equal responsibility for housework, child care, finances, and decision making.

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Machismo

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belief that men must show their manhood by being strong, sexual, and even violent--clearly dominant over women in relationships.

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Marianismo

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belief that women must be passive and long suffering, giving up their own needs to help their husbands and children.

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Black Matriarchy

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refers to women's domination in Black families. Women in Black familes were suppose to be so dominant that they presumably emasculated Black men and encouraged other family problems.

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Lesbian

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a women who is psychologically,emotionally, and sexually attacted to other women.

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Sexual Minority

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refers to anyone (female or male) who has a same-gender attraction.

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Heterosexism

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bias against lesbians, gay males and bisexuals.

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Fluid lesbians

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women who question or changed their lesbian sexual identity at some point.

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Bisexual woman

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a women who is psychologically,emotionally, and sexually attacted to both women and men.

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Social constructionist approach

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argues that oour culture creates sexual categories which we use to organize our thoughts about our sexuality.

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Intimate careers approach

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suggests that we humans take a variety of pathways as we develop our intimate relationships.

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Singlism

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refers to bias against people who are not married.