| chauvinism | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex; also : behavior expressive of such an attitude |
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| cisgender | effectively, non-transgender; observed to be female and identifies as female |
| feminism | 1 : the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes 2 : organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests |
| gender | the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex |
| gender role | the preconceived and socialized roles that are assigned to a person based solely on their gender |
| heterosexism | the assumption that heterosexuality is the only normal orientation |
| intersex | intermediate in sexual characters between a typical male and a typical female |
| misogyny | a hatred of women |
| patriarchy | control by men of a disproportionately large share of power |
| queer | any sort of sexual orientation that differs from the “norm” of hetereosexuality. |
| sex | either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male |
| sexism | 1 : prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially : discrimination against women 2 : behavior, conditions or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex |
| transgender | a person who has decided to deviate to another gender from the one that they were assigned at birth |
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