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Expectations surrounding behaviour & attitudes relating to being male or female (for example, gendered work)

Heterosexuality is sexual attraction to the opposite sex; homosexuality is sexual attraction the same sex; bisexuality is sexual attraction to both sexes, and asexuality is no sexual attraction to either sex. Note that these orientations are limited – it

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Sex refers to the biological difference between men and women whereas gender is a socially constructed concept referring to patterns of behaviour between males and females

Sex work is the solicitation of sexual services. Often times, the work is carried out by women against their will. It can attributed to abductions, extortion, and abuse.

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Challenges the norms surrounding sexuality. Aims to normalize homosexuality while deconstructing the belief that heterosexuality is superior to homosexuality

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Sexism (which is the belief that a particular sex is superior to the other) that occurs at a systematic level, not by individuals. For example, the tendency for politicians to be males.

-Sexual assaults always involves strangers (actually often committed by those who are known to the victim)

-Women provoke their attack

-Sexual assault is only sex (it actually often involves violence & abuse)

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It is the interplay between gender, class, and race. This leads to varying stratification amongst all distinctions. For example, an African-American female earning minimum would have the greatest disadvantage (according to intersection theory) because she

Involves looking at the intersection between class & gender. Similar to the intersection theory, the perspective sees struggles faced by lower-class women a result of gender.

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