Contemporary Issues Test

The social definitions and expectations associated with being female or male.

• Sex

• Gender

• Biology

• Orientation

Traditionally defined as the lack of resources necessary for well-being.

• Poverty

• Wealth

• Abundance

• Prosperity

Involves high rates of unemployment among particular social groups, such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.

• Discriminatory unemployment

• Structural unemployment

• Cyclical unemployment

• Seasonal unemployment

A person’s biological classification as male or female.

• Gender

• Sex

• Orientation

• Identity

Chronic or constant absence of the basic necessities of life – food, clean water, housing.

• Relative Poverty

• Absolute Poverty

• Economic Hardship

• Social Deprivation

Women, even when working full time, contribute significantly more hours to home care than men.

• The Second Shift

• The First Shift

• The Third Wave

• The Gender Gap

The corporate practice of discharging large numbers of employees.

• Corporate Downsizing

• Employee Retention

• Workforce Expansion

• Job Creation

Laws and policies that favour corporations and benefit the wealthy, such as tax cuts, bail outs and incentives.

• Corporate Welfare

• Social Welfare

• Public Assistance

• Economic Aid

How we express or present our gender, for example, through clothing and/or behaviour.

• Gender Identity

• Gender Expression

• Sexual Orientation

• Gender Role

The belief that there are innate psychological, behavioural, or intellectual differences between females and males and that these differences connote the superiority of one group and the inferiority of another.

• Sexism

• Feminism

• Gender Equality

• Androgyny