Ethnicity and Gender

Gender specifically

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When was the sex discrimination act introduced, making it unlawful to treat a women/men less favourably based on their sex?
1975
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Which refers to the biological differences between men and women?
sex
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What is the glass ceiling?
the idea that women can only travel to a certain level in jobs, but men keep climbing
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How much to men outnumber women in parliament by?
4:1
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Who's cabinet contained no women at all?
John Major
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What is used to suggest that all the main elements of feminism have been achieved?
post-feminism
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In what year did women in Britain get the vote equal to men?
1928
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Which feminist group was also known as the second wave?
radical feminists
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What does patriarchy mean?
a society dominated by men
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