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| gender | the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male |
| gender stratification | the unequal distribution of wealth,power and privilege between men and women |
| patriarchy | a form of social organization in which males dominate females |
| matriarchy | a form of social organization in which females dominate males |
| sexism | the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other |
| gender roles | attitudes and activities that a society links to each sex |
| minority | any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that a society sets aparts and subordinates |
| intersection theory | the investigation of the interplay of race,class and gender, often resulting in multiple dimensions of disadvantage |
| sexual harassment | comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature that are deliberate, repeated, and unwelcome |
| feminism | the advocacy of social equality for men and women, in oppositon to patriarchy and sexism |
| Richard Gelles | argues that with the exception of the police and the military the family is the most violent in the United States |
| Nuturers | people who give life and help others which clashes with the image of women trained to kill |
| Janet Lever | concluded that boys favor team sports with complex rules and clear objectives such as scoring runs or touchdowns |
| Fredrich Engels | saw that in hunting and gathering societies, the activities of women and men, though different, had the same importance |
| Talcott Parsons | he observed that gender helps integrate society, at least in its traditional form |
