GWS Terminology

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Understood through biology
Sex
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A range of identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female
Gender
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is defined as a practice that legitimizes men's dominant position in society and justifies the subordination of the common male population
Hegemonic masculinity
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The "_____" is a locus of social control
Body
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A mental disorder formally diagnosed in unwed women
hysteria
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A "______ _________" is a generalized view or preconception about attributes or characteristics, or the roles that are ought to be possessed by or performed by women and men.
Gender stereotype
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Nursing is still a "_________" profession
feminized
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"_____" is a necessary part of the practice of care
touch
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The "______ ____"  Entraps women in an endless cycle of cosmetics, beauty aids, diets and exercise fanaticism
beauty myth
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Tuberculosis only appeared in print culture in 1839. The look women desired to achieve was known as
Consumption Chic
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Argues that "______ ____" exploits and oppresses America’s underprivileged youth by commodifying and aestheticizing their addiction
heroin chic
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• “Crisis of ________”: men are no longer certain about what constitutes men’s roles and statuses, or how to enact properly gendered masculine identities
masculinity
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Men opt for cosmetic surgery to make the body more "______" or average
common
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The typical family of 1950’s American Suburbia/TV sitcoms is the "_______ ______"
nuclear family
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The "________" worker is an unencumbered worker who is completely dedicated to their work
disembodied
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A range of identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female

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Gender

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is defined as a practice that legitimizes men's dominant position in society and justifies the subordination of the common male population

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Card 4

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The "_____" is a locus of social control

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Card 5

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A mental disorder formally diagnosed in unwed women

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