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  2. Sociology of gender - Wikipedia

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    By the end of this wave, society began to realize that gender, the idea of what it means to be a "woman", and society's expectations of what a woman is, are socially constructed. This realization led to the rise of the third feminist movement. It focused on debunking the predominant idea society held for women and their position in society.

  3. Gender - Wikipedia

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    Gender identity refers to a personal identification with a particular gender and gender role in society. The term woman has historically been used interchangeably with reference to the female body, though more recently this usage has been viewed as controversial by some feminists. [48]

  4. Social construction of gender - Wikipedia

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    Gender is used as a means of describing the distinction between the biological sex and socialized aspects of femininity and masculinity. [9] According to West and Zimmerman, gender is not a personal trait; it is "an emergent feature of social situations: both as an outcome of and a rationale for various social arrangements, and as a means of legitimating one of the most fundamental divisions ...

  5. Feminization (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    Women are less likely to pursue advanced degrees and tend to have low paying jobs. There is a gender pay gap : even with the same level of education and occupational role, women earn much less than men, [ 5 ] though research suggests this is largely due to women working fewer hours than men overall for reasons such as caring for children or ...

  6. Societal attitudes towards women - Wikipedia

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    One of the most profound differences between men and women is the role each plays in reproduction. Menstruation and gestation have historically influenced and limited the role that women played in society. In some societies, a woman's value was measured in her ability to bear children, and raising children became the focus of many women's lives.

  7. Gender and development - Wikipedia

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    The Women in Development approach was the first contemporary movement to specifically integrate women in the broader development agenda and acted as the precursor to later movements such as the Women and Development (WAD), and ultimately, the Gender and Development approach, departing from some of the criticized aspects imputed to the WID.

  8. Feminism and equality - Wikipedia

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    Examples of organizations in the U.S. seeking equality are the National Women's Political Caucus and the National Organization for Women and, historically, the National Woman's Party . NOW, at its first national conference, in 1967, called for equality, e.g., "Equal Rights Constitutional Amendment", "Equal and Unsegregated Education", "Equal ...

  9. Gender system - Wikipedia

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    Gender systems are the social structures that establish the number of genders and their associated gender roles in every society. A gender role is "everything that a person says and does to indicate to others or to the self the degree that one is either male, female, or androgynous. This includes but is not limited to sexual and erotic arousal ...