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| the biological characteristics with which we are born |
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| learned behavior that characterizes men and women |
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| a perception of oneself as either masculine or feminine |
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| the characteristics and behavior society expects of men and women |
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| expectations about how people will look, act, and think based on their sex |
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| an attitude or behavior that discriminates against one based on their sex |
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| any unwanted sexual advances |
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| awareness of ourselves as male or female |
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| a preference for sexual partners |
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| a social contract to express choices and freedom |
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| the view that social structure dominates women |
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| people's unequal access to wealth, power, status, prestige, and other valued resources |
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| the overall income difference between men and women |
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| those who are sexually attracted to people of the same sex |
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| those who are sexually attracted to those of the opposite sex |
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| those who are attracted to people of both sexes |
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| those who have no interest or desire for sex |
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| the fear and hatred of homosexuality |
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| the graphic depiction of images that may lead to sexual arousal |
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| people who share physical characteristics such as skin color or facial features |
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| people who identify with a common nation origin or cultural heritage |
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| people who have distinctive physical and cultural characteristics |
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| any physical or culturally distinctive group that has economic and political power |
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| a formal system of racial segregation |
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| a group of people who may be subject to different and unequal treatment |
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| the systematic effort to kill all members of a particular social or ethnic group |
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| the physical and social separation of dominant and minority groups |
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| minority groups that retain their culture but have an equal standing in society |
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| a set of beliefs that one's own racial group is naturally superior to other groups of people |
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| a social institution that determines how a society produces and distributes consumer goods |
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| an economic system in which wealth is in private hands and is reinvested to produce profit |
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| domination of a particular market by one person or company |
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| based on public ownership of goods and services |
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| a political and economic system in which all members are equal |
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| a social entity that has legal rights and privileges |
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| a corporation that owns a collection of companies in different industries |
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| transnational corporation |
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| a company based in one country but operates across international boundaries |
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| the growth and spreading of investment and technology around the world |
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| sending work or jobs to another country to cut a company's costs |
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