Chapter 12 Flashcards
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Matriarchy
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Female-dominated society that gives higher prestige and value to women than to men
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Institutional sexism
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Subordination of women that is part of the everyday workings of economics, law, politics, and other social institutions
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Objectification
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Practice of treating people as objects
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Patriarchy
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Male-dominated society in which cultural beliefs and values give higher prestige and value to men than to women
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pay equity
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Principle that women and men who perform jobs that are or equal value to society and that require equal training ought to be paid equally
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Sexism
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System of beliefs that asserts the inferiority of one sex and justifies gender-based inequality
