GENDER AND SEXGender is the term that sociologists use in reference to

Although it is illegal in the United States when practiced as discrimination, unequal treatment of women continues to pervade social life.When an underlying cultural belief in ________ is accepted, girls will grow up believing they deserve to be treated differently from boys.

sexism

Gender is the term that sociologists use in reference to

social

The United States is considered to be a ________, meaning it assumes sexual orientation is biologically determined and unambiguous.

heteronormative

Some discrimination against LGBTQ is based on heterosexism, which Herek suggests is

an ideology and a set of institutional pratices that privilege heterosexuals and heterosexuality over other sexual orientaitons

________ wrote a book that is often credited with sparking the second wave of the women's movement in the United States and later served as the first President of the National Organization of Women (NOW)?

betty friedan

transgender is not the same as

homosexual

From a ________ point of view, the purpose of encouraging sexual activity in the confines of marriage is to intensify the bond between spouses and to ensure that procreation occurs within a stable, legally recognized relationship.

functionalist

With repeated exposure to the agents of family, education, peer groups, and mass media, over time such ________ leads men and women into a false sense that they are acting naturally rather than following a socially constructed role.

gender socialization

Television commercials and other forms of advertising reinforce inequality and gender-based stereotypes. In such forms of the ________, women are almost exclusively present in ads promoting cooking, cleaning, or childcare-related products, and are underrepresented in roles that involve leadership, intelligence, or a balanced psyche.

mass media

U.S. culture ________ in its attitudes about sex when it comes to women and sexuality. It is widely believed that men are more sexual than are women.

particularly restrictive

Studies show that people who identify as transgender are ________ to experience assault or discrimination as non-transgender individuals.

twice as likely

During the ________ of the women's movement, there was a notable connection between the slavery abolition movement and the women's rights movement. Women who were working toward the abolition of slavery came to realize that they had no real power to accomplish this task without earning the vote for women.

1st wave