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Sociology Chapter 10
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Sociology
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04/11/2010

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Sex
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A biological concept based on primary sex characteristics
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Primary Sex Characteristics
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The anatomical traits essential to reproduction
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Intersexed
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A broad term used by the medical profession to classify people with some mixture of male and female biological characteristics
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Transsexuals
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People whose primary sex characteristics do not match the sex they perceive themselves to be
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Secondary Sex Characteristics
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Physical traits not essential to reproduction (such as breast development, quality of voice, distribution of facial and body hair, and skeletal form) that result from the action of so-called male (androgen) and female (estrogen) hormones
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Gender
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A social distinction based on culturally conceived and learned ideals about appropriate appearance, behavior, and mental and emotional characteristics for males and females
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Masculinity
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The physical, behavioral, and mental and emotional traits believed to be characteristic of males
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Masculinity
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The physical, behavioral, and mental and emotional traits believed to be characteristic of males
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Femininity
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The physical, behavioral, and mental and emotional traits believed to be characteristic of females
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Gender Polarization
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The organizing of social life around male-female ideals, so that people's sex influences every aspect of their life, including how they dress, the time they up in the morning, what they do before they go to bed at night, the social rules they take on, the things they worry about, and even the ways they express emotion and experience sexual attraction
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Gender-Schematic
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A term describing decisions that are influenced by a society's polarized definitions of masculinity and femininity rather than by criteria such as self-fulfillment, interest, ability, and personal comfort
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Social Emotions
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Internal bodily sensations experienced in relationships with other people
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Commercialization of Gender Ideals
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The process of introducing products to the market by using advertising and sales campaigns that draw on socially constructed standards of masculinity and femininity
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Structural Constraints
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The established and customary rules, policies, and day-to-day practices that affect a person's life chances
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Sexism
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The belief that one sex-and by extension, one gender-is innately superior to another, justifying unequal treatment of the sexes
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Structural Constraints
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The established and customary rules, policies, and day-to-day practices that affect a person's life chances
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Sexism
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The belief that one sex-and by extension, one gender-is innately superior to another, justifying unequal treatment of the sexes
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Ethgender
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A social category that combines sex, gender, race, and ethnicity
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