Gender and Society Midterm Examination Review

Flashcards covering vocabulary and key concepts from the Gender and Society Midterm Examination including sexual orientation, gender identity, stereotypes, and relevant Philippine laws.

Gender (Feminist Perspective)

A learned performance that organises social, political and economic relations.

Glass ceiling

A metaphor referring to an artificial barrier that prevents women and minorities from being promoted to managerial- and executive-level positions within an organization.

Sex

The state of being male or female.

Gender role

Denotes the social and cultural role of each sex within a given society.

Social expectation of behavior

The way our society expects males and females to behave differently and treats them differently from infancy through adulthood.

Sexual identity

An inner sense of oneself as a sexual being.

Bisexual

Having erotic, romantic, affectional attraction toward both genders.

Lesbian

Refers to a female homosexual.

Heterosexuality

Having erotic, affectional attraction toward the opposite gender.

Chromosomes

The factor that determines one's sex.

Gender (Social Construct)

A social construct that determines one’s roles, expected values, behavior and interaction in relationships involving men and women.

Sex stereotypes

Assumptions about a specific group belonging to a gender.

Sexual stereotypes

Assumptions regarding a persons sexuality that reinforce dominant views.

Sex role stereotypes

Encompasses the roles that men and women are assigned based on their sex and what behaviors they must possess to fulfill these roles.

Compound stereotypes

A generalized view of traits that should be possessed by men and women, specifically physical and emotional roles.

SOGIE

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression.

Sexual orientation

A term used to refer to a person's emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction to individuals of a particular gender.

Gender Identity

Refers to one’s personal experience or gender relations.

Gender expressions

Determines how one expresses his sexuality through the actions or manner of presenting oneself.

Homosexuality

Having erotic, affectional attraction toward the same gender.

Cisgender

A term for people whose gender identity matches the sex that they were assigned at birth.

Sexism

Prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex or gender.

Gender equality

The recognition of the state that all human beings are free to enjoy equal conditions.

RA 7610

Special Protection of Children against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.

Intuition

What women use to decipher truth from fiction, as they believe this is the only thing they can trust.

Received Knowledge

Comes as a vital aspects of knowing.

Language

A potent tool for how humans understand and participate in the world.

Gender socialization

The process in which roles are learned.

Child trafficking

The illegal movement of children typically for the purposes of forced labor or sexual exploitation.

Child labor

Refers to the illegal employment of children below the age of fifteen.

Child marriage

A union, formal or informal, entered into by a child or youth under the age of eighteen.

Culture

The system of symbols that allows people to give meaning to experience.