POLI 1001 Chapter : Page 8
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Gender: sex: biological characteristics, chromosomes, anatomy, organs, facial hair, muscles, gender: learned attitudes/behaviors, characterize people of one sex to the other. Gender role: attitudes and activities that are appropriate for each sex: anything we do outside of this traditional gender script, we risk the possibility of being judged harshly, talking in a certain way, wearing certain clothes, etc. Domestic like); mowing the yard, household duties (men: peers, males: athletics, risk, defying norms, females: thin, attractive, popular, teachers, gender bias: favoritism of one gender over another. Boys receive more instructional time than girls and are more likely to be called on in class: boys will be boys attitude. Passive aggressive because that"s how boys act anyways, testosterone: girls tend to early higher grades than boys despite the favorable treatment, mass media, men: in-charge . Working or playing outside: women: domestic tasks. What it means to be a woman in the united states.
