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| involves the lack of sexual attraction of any kind; asexual people have no interest in or desire for sex (page 269) |
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| sexual attraction to both genders; bisexuals are sexually attracted to both males and females (page 269) |
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| proposed as an alternative to gay marriage; a form of legally recognized commitment that provides gay couples some of the benefits and protections of marriage (page 273) |
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| Those who believe that notions of gender are socially determined, such that a dichotomous system is just one possibility among many (page 250) |
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| Those who believe gender roles have a genetic or biological origin and therefore cannot be changed (page 249) |
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| The position of the family member who provides emotional support and nurturing (page 252) |
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| Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes; also the social movements organized around that belief (page 266) |
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| The economic trend showing that women are more likely than men to live in poverty, caused in part by the gendered gap in wages, the higher proportion of single mothers compared to single fathers, and the increasing costs of child care (page 262) |
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| The earliest period of feminist activism in the United States, including the period from the mid-nineteenth century until American women won the right to vote in 1920 (page 267) |
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| The physical, behavioral, and personality traits that a group considers normal for its male and female members (page 249) |
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| An individual's selfdefinition or sense of gender (page 249) |
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| Gender role socialization |
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| The lifelong process of learning to be masculine or feminine, primarily through four agents of socialization: families, schools, peers, and the media (page 253) |
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| sexual desire for other genders (page 269) |
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| fear of or discrimination toward homosexuals or toward individuals who display purportedly genderinappropriate behavior (page 274) |
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| the tendency to feel sexual desire toward members of one's own gender (page 269) |
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| The extent, much debated in recent years, to which inherent physical differences define the distinctions between the two sexes (page 249) |
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| The position of the family member who provides the family's material support and is often an authority figure (page 252) |
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| Term to describe a person whose chromosomes or sex characteristics are neither exclusively male nor exclusively female (page 248) |
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| lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer; sometimes "A" is added to include "allies" (page 272) |
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| A movement that originated in the 1970s to discuss the challenges of masculinity (page 268) |
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| An offshoot of male liberationism whose members believe that feminism promotes discrimination against men (page 268) |
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| Literally meaning "rule of the father"; a male-dominated society (page 250) |
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| Pro-feminist men's movement |
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| An offshoot of male liberationism whose members support feminism and believe that sexism harms both men and women (page 268) |
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| social theory about gender identity and sexuality that emphasizes the importance of difference and rejects as restrictive the idea of innate sexual identity (page 272) |
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| The unpaid housework and child care often expected of women after they complete their day's paid labor (page 264) |
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| The period of feminist activity during the 1960s and 1970s often associated with the issues of women's equal access to employment and education (page 267) |
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| An individual's membership in one of two biologically distinct categories -- male or female (page 248) |
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| Sexual orientation or sexual identity |
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| The inclination to feel sexual desire toward people of a particular gender or toward both genders (page 268) |
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| The character or quality of being sexual (page 268) |
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| The process of learning behaviors and meanings through social interaction (page 254) |
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| The movement organized around gaining voting rights for women (page 267) |
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| The most recent period of feminist activity, focusing on issues of diversity and the variety of identities women can possess (page 268) |
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| Term describing an individual whose sense of gender identity transgresses expected gender categories (page 253) |
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| Individuals who identify with the other sex and have surgery to alter their own sex so it fits their self-image (page 253) |
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