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| the biological and anatomical differences between females and males |
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| primary sex characteristics |
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| the genitalia used in the reproductive process |
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| secondary sex characteristics |
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| the physical traits that identify and individual's sex |
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| a person in whom sexual differentiation is ambiguous or incomplete |
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| a person whom the sex related structures of the brain that define gender identity are opposite from the physical sex organs of that person's body |
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| a person's preference for emotional-sexual relationships with members of the opposite sex (heterosexuality), the same sex (homosexuality), or both (bisexuality) |
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| extreme prejudice directed at gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and others who are perceived as not being heterosexual |
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| the culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in the meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with femininity and masculinity |
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| the attitudes, behavior, and activities that are socially defined as appropriate for each sex and are learned through the socialization process |
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| a person's perception of the self as male or female |
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| how a person perceives and feels about his or her body |
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| the subordination of one sex, usually female, based on the assumed superiority of the other sex |
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| a hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural, political, and economic structures are controlled by men |
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| a hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural, political, and economic structures are controlled by women |
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| behavior that shows favoritism toward one gender over the other |
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| unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature |
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| a term used to describe the disparity between women's and mens earnings |
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| comparable worth or pay equity |
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| the belief that wages ought to reflect the worth of a job, not the gender or race of the worker |
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| the belief that all people both men and women, are equal and that they should be valued equally and have equal rights |
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