Unit 1: Terminology
Stereotypes
Misogyny vs Misandry
Prejudice vs Discrimination
Gender VS Sex
Norms and Values
Misogyny
Misandry
Norms
Values
Prejudice
Discrimination
Gender
Sex
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.
The hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against men or boys.
Something that is usual, typical, or standard.
The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.
Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.
Either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and most other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions.
The male sex or the female sex, especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones, or one of a range of other identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female.