PSYC 3480 Lecture Notes - Androcentrism, Statistical Significance, Operational Definition
10 Apr 2013
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Sex: is a relatively narrow term that typically refers only to reproduction, such as sex chromosomes or sex organs. Gender: refers to psychological characteristics and social categories that human culture creates. According to the concept of doing gender: you express your gender when you interact with other people; you also perceive gender in these other people. The phrase doing gender emphasizes that gender is an active, dynamic process rather than something that is stable and rigid. Sexism: is bias against people on the basis of their gender. Sexism can reveal itself in many forms, such as social behaviour, media representations of. In the case of biases ; one social category is considered normative or standard, whereas other women and men, and job discrimination categories are considered deficient. Racism: is bias against people on the basis of racial or ethnic groups.
