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Background Vocab
Gender & Literature
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gender | the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women |
| sex | the biological/anatomical characteristically that define men and women |
| stereotype | a widely held but oversimplified idea of a particular group of people |
| male/female | categories of sex |
| masculine/feminine | categories of gender |
| gender neutral | free of references to sex or gender (ex firefighter vs fireman) |
| gender specific | associated with persons of one gender or the other |
| gender binary | the notion that there are two (and only two) genders |
| subservient | obedient and submissive to others |
| nature vs. nuture | is one's personality the product of heredity or environment (upbringing) |