Chapter 8: Gender Crossword

the biological differences that distinguish males from females
desire, sexual preference, and sexual identity and behavior
a social position; the set of social arrangements that are built around normative sex categories
a consciousness raising movement to get people to understand that gender is an organizing princple of life
sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one's status as a male or female
the condition in which men are dominant and privileged, and this dominance and privilege is invisible
a nearly universal system involving the subordination of femininity to masculinity
Talcott Parson's theory that men and women perform their sex roles as breadwinners and wives/mothers
the social identity of a person who has sexual attraction to and/or relations with other persons of the same sex
occurs when a person's sex or gender is the basis for judgment, discrimination, and hatred against him or her
an illegal form of discrimination, involving everything from inappropriate jokes on the job to sexual assualt
an invisible limit on women's climb up the occupational ladder
the accelerated promotion of men to the top of a work organization, especially in feminized jobs
theoretical tradition claiming that every society has certain structures
a line of thought that explains social phenomena in terms of natural ones