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| a barrier that is invisible because it is denied by company officials even though it effectively prevents women from rising above middle management levels |
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| the belief that human behavior must be governed by biological drives and instincts |
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| the policy that people should be paid, not according to the historical double standard, but based on the worth of what they actually do |
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| the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being male or female |
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| a form of social organization in which females dominate males |
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| a form of social organization in which males dominate females |
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| the biological distinction between males and femals |
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| the advocacy of social equality for men and women, in opposition to patriarchy and sexism |
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| the trend by which women represent an increasing proportion of the poor |
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| the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other |
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| comments, gestures or physical contact of a sexual nature that are deliberte, repeated and unwelcome |
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| attitudes and activities that a society links to each sex |
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| any category of people, distinguished by physical or cultural differences, that a society sets apart and subordinates |
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| the unequal distribution of wealth, power and prestige between men and women |
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