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What does sexual orientation refer to?
What does sexual orientation refer to?
What is gender identity?
What is gender identity?
What is Gender Non-Conforming (GNC)?
What is Gender Non-Conforming (GNC)?
What is Two-Spirit?
What is Two-Spirit?
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How is gender identity different from sexual orientation?
How is gender identity different from sexual orientation?
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What are some challenges faced by women due to gender inequalities in society?
What are some challenges faced by women due to gender inequalities in society?
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Study Notes
Gender and Society
- Gender inequalities persist in every society, resulting in women's lack of access to decent work, occupational segregation, and gender wage gaps.
- Women face barriers in accessing basic education and healthcare, and are often victims of violence and discrimination.
- They are underrepresented in political and economic decision-making processes.
Sexual Orientation
- Refers to a person's emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction to persons of the same and/or different sex.
- An enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, to both sexes or more than one gender, or none.
Gender Identity
- A person's internal and individual experience of gender, which may be the same as or different from their birth-assigned sex.
- Fundamentally different from a person's sexual orientation.
- Includes a person's sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum.
Gender Identity Terms
- Gender Non-Conforming (GNC): A term used to describe a person's internal sense of themselves as a man/male, a woman/female, no gender, or another gender, regardless of anatomy.
- Two-Spirit: An umbrella term used by some indigenous people to describe their gender identity.
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Explore the deep-rooted gender inequalities present in societies worldwide. Learn about women's lack of access to decent work, occupational segregation, gender wage gaps, denial of basic education and healthcare, and their experiences of violence and discrimination. Understand the underrepresentation of women in political and economic decision-making processes.
