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| What are "primary sex characteristics"? |
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| The Genitals, organ used for reproduction. |
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| No sexual attraction to people of either sex. |
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| A view stigmatizing anyone who is not heterosexual as "queer" |
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| What is "sexual dimorphism"? |
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| Society's commitment to placing individuals into distinct dichotomous categories, based on gender identity and sexual orientation. |
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| What is the current position of the U.S. supreme Court regarding pornography? |
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| The Court's ruling has given local communities the power to decide for themselves what violates "community standards" of decency and lacks any redeeming social value. |
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| What is the "feminization of poverty"? |
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| Refers to the trend of women making up an increasing proportion of the poor. |
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| refers to cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements. |
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| What is the Davis-Moore thesis? |
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| The assertion that social stratification has beneficial consequences for the operation of a society. |
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| Refers to the experience of isolation and misery resulting from powerlessness |
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| Developed the concept of the culture of poverty, or a lower-class subculture that inhibits personal achievement and foster's resignation to one's plight. |
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| A form of social organization in which males dominate females. |
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| Any category of people, distinguished by physical or cultural difference, that a society sets apart and subordinates. |
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| What is Intersection Theory? |
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| The investigation of the interplay of race, class, and gender, resulting in multiple dimensions of disadvantage. |
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| What is "Patria Potestas"? |
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| The ancient Romans tradition of "rule by fathers". |
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| The most serve form of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). |
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| What is Defacto and Dejure discrimination? |
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Discrimination in fact and discrimination in law.
Defacto = in fact
Dejure = by law |
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| What is the "Pencil Test"? |
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| The racial categorization of individuals during the system of Apartheid in South Africa. |
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| A state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct but have equal standing. |
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| The biological reproduction by partners of different racial categories. |
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| An approach contending that while extreme prejudice may characterize some people, some prejudice is found in everyone. |
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