The socially constructed roles and characteristics by which a culture defines male and female.

The biological distinction between males and females.

Sexual activity by a married person with someone other than his or her spouse.

A new religion with followers, whose teachings and practices put it at odds with the dominant culture and religion.

Beliefs, practices, moral community

What are primary sex characteristics? Characteristics given at birth such as genitals and the reproductive system.

A change of gender that can be done medically.

The positive consequences one does not plan on facing.

Religious teachings and practices that unite believers into a community that shares values and perspectives.

Integrating people; helping people become part of the mainstream society.

A lack of sexual attraction to people of either sex.

Being born with both male and female physical features.

A person, especially a male, who wears the clothing and adopts the mannerisms of the opposite sex.

A group of people who are united by their religious practices.

Functions of religion; Questions what is the purpose of life, why do people suffer, is there an afterlife; Fitting into a divine plan.

A view that focuses on the variation of sexual practices among cultures.

View that focuses on society depending on sexuality for reproduction.

The unwritten goals of school; teaching obedience, to authority and conformity to cultural forms -- Promote inequity or stratification.

They are so varied that they have no specific belief or practice in common.

Teachings or ideas that provide a unified picture of the world.

The second shift is when the woman has to come home from working a 9-5 job and continue to work by tendering the home and taking care of the children.

Social theory about gender and sexual identity; emphasizes the importance of difference and rejects ideas of innate identities or restrictive categories.

A view that focuses on sexuality being linked to social equality.

False assertion, becomes true simply because it was predicted.

Religion's focus on the afterlife is a source of profound and social change.