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definition of gender

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a culture’s assumptions about the differences between men and women: their “characters,” the roles they play in society, what they represent

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gender role

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conveys the idea that there are certain social expectations and rights associated with being a man or a woman.

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definition of identity, according to Gillian Rose

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‘how we make sense of ourselves’

identities are constructed through experiences, emotions, connections, and rejections

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a probable reason for differences in appearance in different regions

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physical attributes of humans that have developed over time as modern humans spread around the world
Closer to the poles, humans developed lighter skin pigment so that skin could absorb sunlight that bodies could convert into vitamin D during the half of the year when the region received sunlight.
Closer to the equator, humans developed darker skin pigment with higher amounts of melanin, which protects the skin from ultraviolet radiation emitted by the sun

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most residentially segregated metropolitan area for African Americans

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Hispanics in NY are mostly composed of

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Puerto Ricans and Dominicans

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ethnicity found in Mexicali

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Chinese

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how do gangs in the US and North Ireland create exclusive territories? How does this affect the cultural landscape?

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painting murals and curbs, hanging bunting, graffiti, building colors

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what is the estimated percentage of the food produced by females in Subsaharan Africa?

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70%

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there has been a global rise in female employment, except in the region of

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Asia and eastern Europe

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dowry deaths in India

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in the context of arranged marriages, disputes over the dowry (the price to be paid by the bride’s family to the groom’s father) have led to the death of the bride through brutal punisment (often burned)

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why have parts orf rural South Africa and Zimbabwe become demographically feminized?

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women are left behind to tend the farms and mangage the household economy while men leave rural areas to work in heavy and industry and mines in the cities

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dowrty death victims

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8233 in 2012

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most of the workers in maquilladoras are

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women

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barrio is the Spanish term for

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neighborhood