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| the belief that men and women behave differently due to inherent sex differences related to their biology |
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| the performance of tasks based upon the gender assigned to us by society and, in turn, ourselves |
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| Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 U.S. law explicitly limiting the definition of “marriage” to a union between one man and one woman and allowing each individual state to recognize or deny same-sex marriages performed in other states |
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| the concept that prohibits premarital sexual intercourse for women but allows it for men |
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| a term that refers to social or cultural distinctions of behaviors that are considered male or female |
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| a condition listed in the DSM-5 in which people whose gender at birth is contrary to the one they identify with. This condition replaces "gender identity disorder" |
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| a person’s deeply held internal perception of his or her gender |
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| society’s concept of how men and women should behave |
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| an ideology and a set of institutional practices that privilege heterosexuals and heterosexuality over other sexual orientations |
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| an extreme or irrational aversion to homosexuals |
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| an interdisciplinary approach to sexuality studies that identifies Western society’s rigid splitting of gender into male and female roles and questions its appropriateness |
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| a term that denotes the presence of physical or physiological differences between males and females |
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| the prejudiced belief that one sex should be valued over another |
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| a person’s physical, mental, emotional, and sexual attraction to a particular sex (male or female) |
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| a person’s capacity for sexual feelings |
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| social construction of sexuality |
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| socially created definitions about the cultural appropriateness of sex-linked behavior which shape how people see and experience sexuality |
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| an adjective that describes individuals who identify with the behaviors and characteristics that are other than their biological sex |
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