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Sex
Typically defined as the biologically determined physical distinctions between males and females
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Gender
socially generated attitudes and behaviors usually organized dichotomously as masculinity and femininity
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Gender Stereotypes
summary descriptions of masculinity and femininity that are oversimplified and generalized
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Gender Structure
a system for deferentially distributing opportunities and imposing constraints based on sex categories with consequences on three levels; the individual, the cultural, and the institutional
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Paradigm
A framework used by researchers to determine the problems to be studied, the methods for studying them, and to explain what is found in the research
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Paradigm Revolution
Occurs when members of a scientific discipline reject the dominant paradigm in favor of a paradigm that better explains past (or current) conditions
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Sexism
the differential valuing of one sex over the other
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Dualistic Research
contains subjective and objective dimensions
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Group Consciousness
Develops when individuals recognize that problems are not just personal, but are also share by others like them
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Social Stratification
Ranking of various social groups based on differential evaluation of social worth
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Sexual Politics
the examination of gender inequalities as rooted not only in the public sphere, but also the private sectors of gender interaction
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Three major categories of Feminist Theory
- Gender-Reform
- Gender-Resistance
- Gender-Rebellion
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Secondary Sex Characteristics
Sex distinctions that are not directly related to reproduction
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A and Not A
The description of groups who occupy dominate positions in social hierarchies vs. groups who do not hold their positions
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Hegemonic Masculinity
The socially constructed and dominant view of appropriate (normative) masculine ideals at a particular historical moment
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