Feminization of poverty is the economic trend showing that women are more likely than men to live in poverty. This is due to gender inequalities such as gendered gap in wages and higher proportion of single mothers.
Gender role socialization is the lifelong process of learning to be masculine or feminine. Families, schools, peers, and media are primary agents of socialization. Even toys play a role in gender role socialization.
Heterosexual privilege is advantages given to those of heterosexual orientation. For example, heterosexuals can publicly display affection and not expect hostile or violent reactions from others.
Gender refers to the physical, behavior, and personality traits that a group considers normal for its male and female members. Transgenders express traits that do not match their assigned sex.
Feminism is the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes and the social movements organized around that belief. During the second wave of feminism, women wearing pants became common.
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