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Definition of poverty line/threshold
Who are poor
Causes of Poverty
Functions of poverty
Examples of social insurance programs and public assistance programs
The NASW's codes of ethics statement on poverty
Variances rather than sexual problems
sexual orientation the deep-seated direction of one's sexual (erotic) attraction. it is continuum and not a set of absolute categories. sometimes referred to as affection, orientation or sexuality. evolves through multistage developmental process and change over time.
homosexual sexual emotional and or romantic attraction to same sex
heterosexual sexual emotional and or romantic attraction to opposite sex
bi-sexual a person who is attracted to two sexes or two genders, but not necessarily simultaneously
intersexual a set of medical conditions that feature congenital anomaly of the reproductive and sexual system. that us inter-sex people are born with "sex chromosomes" external genitalia, or internal reproductive systems that are not considered "standard" for either
transgender those whose psychological self (gender identity) differs from the social expectations for the physical sex they were born with
transsexual a person who experiences a mismatch of the sex they were born as and the sex identity as
cross-dresser individuals who regularly or occasionally wear the clothing socially assigned to a gender not their own, but are usually comfortable with their anatomy and do not wish to change it. (not transexual)
homophobia the irrational fear and tolerance of people who are homosexual or of homosexual feelings within in oneself. This assumes heterosexuality is superior.
institutionalized homophobia arrangement of society used to benefit one group at the expense of another through the use of language, media education, religion, economics
individualized homophobia the process by which acts of discrimination and of oppression are directed at an individual person based on the oppressors fears and or feelings of tolerance
internalized homophobia the process by which an oppressed person comes to believe, accept, or live out the inaccurate stereotypes and misinformation about their group.
ethnic groups based on the reality of cultural similarities and differences and the interests they represent, such as customs history language
prejudice
discrimination
oppression
race as a social construct
white privilege
internalized racism
institutionalized rasicm
individualized rasicm
Causes of racial discrimination and oppression
Sexual Harassment
Sex and/or gender role expectations &socialization
Consequences of sexism for women and men
Feminism and feminist prospective
Sexism institutionalized
Sexism individualized
Sexism internalized
Social workers response to women's issues
ethnocentrism an orientation or set of beliefs that holds one's own culture, ethnic or racial group or nation as superior to others
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