Chapter 10 Vocab

Question 0

Gender

Answer 0

Behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females; masculinity or femininity

Question 1

Sex

Answer 1

The biological characteristics that distinguish males from females

Question 2

Primary sex characteristics

Answer 2

Vagina, penis, and other organs related to reproduction

Question 3

Secondary sex characteristics

Answer 3

Physical distinctions between males and females that are not directly connected to reproduction

Question 4

Patriarchy

Answer 4

A society in which men dominate women; authority vested in males

Question 5

Minority group

Answer 5

People who are discriminated against on the basis of physical or cultural characteristics, regardless of their numbers

Question 6

Honor killing

Answer 6

A form of violence against females where a woman thought to have disgraced her family, is killed by a male relative

Question 7

Suttee

Answer 7

The practice of burning the living widow with the body of the deceased husband

Question 8

Feminism

Answer 8

The view that biology is not destiny and that stratification by gender is wrong and should be resisted

Question 9

Female circumcision

Answer 9

Another term for female genital cutting or clitorial excision

Question 10

Gender tracking

Answer 10

The tendency for college degrees to follow gender-reinforcing-male-female distinctions

Question 11

Glass ceiling

Answer 11

The mostly invisible barrier the keeps women from advancing to top levels of the workplace

Question 12

Sexual harassment

Answer 12

The abuse of one’s position of authority to force unwanted sexual demands upon someone