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Anthropology 4210 Final Exam
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 4
05/10/2012

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sex work
Definition
A sex worker is a person who works in the sex industry
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transgender
Definition
a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles.
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romance tourism
Definition
travel partially or fully for the purpose of having sex.
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machismo
Definition
Strong or aggressive masculine pride.
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sex tourism
Definition
The organization of vacations to take advantage of the lack of restrictions imposed on sex and prostitution by some foreign countries.
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gender queer
Definition
a catch-all term for gender identities other than man and woman, thus outside of the gender binary
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prostitution
Definition
The practice or occupation of engaging in sex with someone for payment.
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masculinity
Definition
maleness: the properties characteristic of the male sex.
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transvestite
Definition
A person, typically a man, who derives pleasure from dressing in clothes appropriate to the opposite sex.
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lady boy
Definition
a male-to-female transgender person or an effeminate gay male in Thailand.
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intersex
Definition
The abnormal condition of being intermediate between male and female; hermaphroditism.
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gender identity disorder
Definition
the formal diagnosis used by psychologists and physicians to describe persons who experience significant gender dysphoria (discontent with the biological sex they were born with)
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potency
Definition
any of a wide range of masculine characteristics viewed positively
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casa chica
Definition
when the man—and he has to have money to do this—sets up house for his mistress. Presumably the house is smaller than his legitimate wife's house.
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femininity
Definition
the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women.
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