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| Comprised of the behavioral and psychological traits considered appropriate for men and women |
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| The specifice behaviors and attitudes that a society establishes for men and women. |
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| The awareness of being masculine or feminine as those traits are defined by culture |
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| A system in which men are dominant over women |
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| The belief that one sex is by nature superior to the other |
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| American Women's Movement |
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| Held that the sexes were socially, politically, and economically equal |
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| The level of women's income relative to that of men |
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| The invisible barrier that prevents women from gaining upper-level positions in business |
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| The belief that after a day at work, women also have household duties to complete (Arlie Hochschild) |
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| the belief that one age category is by nature superior to another age category |
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| By the year 2050, one in every five Americans will be considered elderly |
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| Generation born between 1946 to the early 1960s, about 76 million in total |
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| The number of worker for each person receiving Social Security benefits, by 2030 about 2 to 1 |
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| Government sponsored health-insurance plan for elderly Americans and Americans with disabilities |
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| The state and federally funded health-insurance program for low-income individuals |
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| The use of alternative health-insurance plans |
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| Includes Treating illness with unconventional methods such as acupucture, acupressure, biofeedback, massage, meditation, yoga, herbal remedies, and relaxation techniques |
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| A disease that attacks the immune system, leaving a person vulnerable to a host of deadly infections, only a few hundred in 1981 to 753,000 in 2000, transmitted by sexual intercourse |
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