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  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Gender_Studies/Introduction_to_Gender_Studies_(Coleman)/07%3A_Gender_Sex_and_Sexuality/7.04%3A_Problems_with_Heterosexual_Focus
    Sometimes people are threatened by gays and lesbians because they are fearing their own impulses, in a sense they ‘doth protest too much.’ In addition, it appears that sometimes those who would oppres...Sometimes people are threatened by gays and lesbians because they are fearing their own impulses, in a sense they ‘doth protest too much.’ In addition, it appears that sometimes those who would oppress others have been oppressed themselves, and we can have some compassion for them too, they may be unaccepting of others because they cannot be accepting of themselves.” 123
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Laney_College/PSYCH_26%3A_Culture_and_Community_Psychology_(King)/10%3A_Gender/10.07%3A_Gender_Inequality/10.7.02%3A_How_did_females_become_a_Minority
    Among traditional hunter-gatherers, the average life expectancy at birth varied from 21 to 37 years, but longer than their “cavemen” ancestors who lived to about 25 years of age in the Paleolithic Era...Among traditional hunter-gatherers, the average life expectancy at birth varied from 21 to 37 years, but longer than their “cavemen” ancestors who lived to about 25 years of age in the Paleolithic Era. With children to carry, birth, nurse, and care for, women were not able to stay away from camp as long as men. But without their work, their giving and sustaining the lives of the children, the groups would have died out.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Gender_Studies/Introduction_to_Gender_Studies_(Coleman)/07%3A_Gender_Sex_and_Sexuality/7.06%3A_Reproductive_Freedom
    Abortion (and certain forms of contraception) remained illegal in the United States until the 1970s when the Supreme Court issued a series of rulings that made the decision to bear a child part of an ...Abortion (and certain forms of contraception) remained illegal in the United States until the 1970s when the Supreme Court issued a series of rulings that made the decision to bear a child part of an individual’s constitutionally protected right to privacy.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Gender_Studies/Introduction_to_Gender_Studies_(Coleman)/10%3A_Gender_Deviance_Crime_and_Punishment
    Learning Objectives At the end of this chapter, you will be able to do the following: Define deviance and crime. Describe various theories pertaining to criminal behavior Describe how crime and punish...Learning Objectives At the end of this chapter, you will be able to do the following: Define deviance and crime. Describe various theories pertaining to criminal behavior Describe how crime and punishment are gendered.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Gender_Studies/Introduction_to_Gender_Studies_(Coleman)/05%3A_Gender_Language_and_Media
    Learning Objectives At the end of this chapter you will be able to do the following: Define linguistic sexism. Describe examples of linguistic sexism. Examine some effects of gender-stereotyping in me...Learning Objectives At the end of this chapter you will be able to do the following: Define linguistic sexism. Describe examples of linguistic sexism. Examine some effects of gender-stereotyping in media.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Gender_Studies/Introduction_to_Gender_Studies_(Coleman)/06%3A_Gender_Emotions_and_Relationships/6.04%3A_Same-sex_Dating_Trends
    “A total of 5,647 youth (51 % female, 74 % White) from 10 schools participated in a cross-sectional anonymous survey, of which 3,745 reported currently being in a dating relationship or having been in...“A total of 5,647 youth (51 % female, 74 % White) from 10 schools participated in a cross-sectional anonymous survey, of which 3,745 reported currently being in a dating relationship or having been in one during the prior year. Results indicated that lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth are at higher risk for all types of dating violence victimization (and nearly all types of dating violence perpetration), compared to heterosexual youth.” 98
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Gender_Studies/Introduction_to_Gender_Studies_(Coleman)/07%3A_Gender_Sex_and_Sexuality/7.03%3A_LGTBQ_Identities
    This definition would exclude heterosexual people who “experimented” with homosexual behavior but engaged in only heterosexual behaviors for the rest of their lives, and it would exclude homosexual pe...This definition would exclude heterosexual people who “experimented” with homosexual behavior but engaged in only heterosexual behaviors for the rest of their lives, and it would exclude homosexual people who experimented with heterosexual behaviors but exercised homosexual behaviors for the rest of their lives.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Gender_Studies/Introduction_to_Gender_Studies_(Coleman)/03%3A_Know_your_Role_An_Exploration_into_Gender_Roles/3.01%3A_Gender_Socialization
    The individual is expected to recreate the already prescribed gendered behaviors laid out for them, and, in turn, they themselves become the re- creators of what it means to be a women or a man in the...The individual is expected to recreate the already prescribed gendered behaviors laid out for them, and, in turn, they themselves become the re- creators of what it means to be a women or a man in their society. “If we fail to do gender appropriately, we as individuals may be called to account (for our character, motives, and predispositions).” 29
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Laney_College/PSYCH_26%3A_Culture_and_Community_Psychology_(King)/10%3A_Gender/10.07%3A_Gender_Inequality/10.7.01%3A_Females_as_a_Minority
    Rather, a minority group is a term referring to a category of people differentiated from the social majority; i.e., those who hold the majority of positions of social power in a society. A minority gr...Rather, a minority group is a term referring to a category of people differentiated from the social majority; i.e., those who hold the majority of positions of social power in a society. A minority group is a group discriminated against based on characteristics such as sex, race, age, class, religion, sexual orientation, etc., regardless of their numbers.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Gender_Studies/Introduction_to_Gender_Studies_(Coleman)/03%3A_Know_your_Role_An_Exploration_into_Gender_Roles
    Learning Objectives At the end of this chapter you will be able to do the following: Define gender roles. Compare and contrast traditional and contemporary gender roles. Examine some effects of tradit...Learning Objectives At the end of this chapter you will be able to do the following: Define gender roles. Compare and contrast traditional and contemporary gender roles. Examine some effects of traditional and contemporary gender roles.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Gender_Studies/Introduction_to_Gender_Studies_(Coleman)/04%3A_Gender_Inequality
    Learning Objectives At the end of this chapter you will be able to do the following: Define women as a minority. Explore violent traditions disproportionately affecting women globally. Explore forms o...Learning Objectives At the end of this chapter you will be able to do the following: Define women as a minority. Explore violent traditions disproportionately affecting women globally. Explore forms of oppression affecting women in the United States.

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