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Gender and Sexuality
test number three
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
04/17/2011

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androgyny 
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the balanced, healthy combination of feminine and masculine characteristics
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feminism 
Definition
the advocacy of social equality for women and men in opposition to patriarchy and sexism
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gender
Definition
the person traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being male or female
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gender roles
Definition
attitudes and activities that a society links to each sex
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gender stratification
Definition
the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women
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asexuality 
Definition
no sexual attraction to people of either sex
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bisexuality
Definition
sexual attraction to people of both sexs
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hermaphrodite
Definition
human being with some combination of female and male genitalia
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heterosexism
Definition
a view that labels anyone who is not heterosexual as "queer"
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heterosexuality 
Definition
sexual attraction to someone of the other sex
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homophobia
Definition
discomfort over close personal interactions with people thought to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual
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homosexuality
Definition
sexual attraction to someone of the same sex
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incest taboo
Definition
a norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between certain relatives
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sex
Definition
the biological distinction between females and males
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sexism
Definition
the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other
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sexual harassment
Definition
comments, gestures, of physical contacts of a sexual nature that are deliberate, repeated, and unwelcome 
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sexual orientation
Definition
a person's romantic and emotional attraction to another person
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transsexual
Definition
people who feel like they are one sex but biologically are another
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transvestite
Definition
:  a person who enjoys dressing in clothes of the opposite sex, but is heterosexua
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