SO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Glass Ceiling, Common-Law Marriage, Socialist Feminism
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Gender roles: the attitudes and behaviors that are considered appropriately masculine or feminine in a particular culture. Sex: the anatomical and other biological characteristics that differ between males and females and that originate in generic differences. Gender: behavioral characteristics that differ between males and females based on culturally enforced and socially learned norms and roles. Transgender: an umbrella term used to describe those whose gender identity, expression, or behavior differs from their assigned sex or is outside the gender binary. Transsexual: a term used to refer to people who use surgery and hormones to change their sex to match their preferred gender. Sexuality: the ways in which people construct their sexual desires and relationships, including the norms governing sexual behavior. What is considered masculine and feminine differs across cultures. Pressures to conform to conventional gender roles exist in all cultures: norms and characteristics are dynamic, meaning men and women both shape and are shaped by these expectations.
