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  2. Gender equality - Wikipedia

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    Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and needs equally, regardless of gender.

  3. Gender sensitivity - Wikipedia

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    Gender sensitivity is the process by which people are made aware of how gender plays a role in life through their treatment of others. Gender relations are present in all institutions worldwide and gender sensitivity especially manifests in recognizing privilege and discrimination around gender; women are generally seen as disadvantaged in society.

  4. Gender sensitization - Wikipedia

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    The blue represents the male Mars symbol. Gender sensitization is the process teaching of gender sensitivity and encouragement of behavior modification through raising awareness of gender equality concerns. [1] In other words, it is the process of making people aware of gender equality or the lack of to the need to eliminate gender discrimination.

  5. Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the most cited papers in the history of the AHR and was reprinted as part of Scott's 1989 book Gender and the Politics of History. [1] In 2008, the AHR focused its December issue on the paper, featuring six articles on the paper, including one by Scott herself. [1] At that time, "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis ...

  6. Gender-equality paradox - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The gender-equality paradox is the finding that various gender differences in personality and occupational choice are larger in more gender equal countries. Larger differences are found in Big Five personality traits, Dark Triad traits, self-esteem, depression, personal values, occupational and educational choices.

  7. Gender and politics - Wikipedia

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    Gender and politics, also called gender in politics, is a field of study in political science and gender studies that aims to understand the relationship between peoples' genders and phenomena in politics. Researchers of gender and politics study how peoples' political participation and experiences interact with their gender identity, and how ...

  8. Judith Lorber - Wikipedia

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    Judith Lorber. Judith Lorber (born November 28, 1931) is professor emerita of sociology and women’s studies at The CUNY Graduate Center and Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She is a foundational theorist of social construction of gender difference and has played a vital role in the formation and transformation of gender ...

  9. The Subjection of Women - Wikipedia

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    The Subjection of Women. The Subjection of Women is an essay by English philosopher, political economist and civil servant John Stuart Mill published in 1869, [1] with ideas he developed jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill. Mill submitted the finished manuscript of their collaborative work On Liberty (1859) soon after her untimely death ...