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Gender and sexuality identity key concepts
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- 1SexRefers to the biological differences between males and females
- 2GenderRefers to the cultural classification of people as masculine and feminine. Societies set down expectations for males and females and people are encouraged to think, feel and act in a manner appropriate to their sex
- 3SexualityPeople's sexual characteristics and their sexual behaviour
- 4FemininityCharacteristics associated with being a women which has an effect on female behaviour, the characteristics can be negotiated and changed
- 5MasculinityCharacteristics associated with being a man which has an effect on masculine behaviour those characteristics can be negotiated and changed
- 6Hegemonic FemininityThe dominant/ traditional style of femininity with characteristics about being passive, subordinate and quiet
- 7Hegemonic MasculinityThe dominant/ traditional style of masculinity which stresses toughness, aggression
- 8Passive FeminityTraditional ideas about how girls should behave being quiet,demure and submissive
- 9Social ConstructionismShaped by society, behaviour made by or shaped by the social world
- 10Biological DeterminismShaped by biological make up. ie gender
- 11Instrumental RoleMen as breadwinner and provider
- 12Expressive RoleThe caring role that women take on looking after the home and children
- 13PatriarchyA social system in which men have all the power
- 14LadFashionable for young lads to drink larger, play football, have lots of sex and engage in loutish behaviour
- 15LadetteThe female version of the lad typically known for heavy drinking, loudness, sexual deviancy and anti-school attitudes
- 16Assertive feminitityFeminine identity that subverts traditional and patriarchal expectations placed on girls and women
- 17New ManMan shares domestic labour more equally
- 18Crisis of masculinityThe decline of traditional industry in the UK, this is key as previously men showed their masculinity through industrial work, which in its nature is masculine
- 19Marginalised MasculinityA masculine identity held by those men who traditionally did masculine jobs and now feel their masculinity is under threat as many have now lost their jobs
- 20Complicit MasculinityConnell- New man might be said to adopt, in taking on a shared role in the family
- 21Subordinate MasculinityMasculine which are less powerful and carry lower status e.g a homosexual man
- 22Hyper MasculinityExaggeration of male stereotypical behaviour, such as an emphasis on physical strength, aggression and sexuality
- 23GenderquakeShifting power from men to women in the 'post equality' generation
- 24Horizontal SegregationThe labour market is segregated so that men and women occupy specific areas in terms of types of jobs
- 25Vertical SegregationThe labour market is divided so that men occupy the top position in the workplace and women are clustered at the bottom of the hierarchy
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