| Activity theory | A theory of aging that suggests that those elderly people who remain active and socially involved will be best adjusted.
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| Ageism | Prejudice and discrimination based on a person's age.
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| Disengagement theory | A theory of aging that implicitly suggests that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.
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| Expressive leader | The person in the family who bears responsibility for the maintenance of harmony and internal emotional affairs.
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| Feminism | The belief in social, economic, and political equality for women.
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| Gender | The social and cultural significance that we attach to the biological differences of sex.
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| Gerontology | The study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.
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| Glass ceiling | An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender, race, or ethnicity.
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| Homophobia | Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.
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| Hospice care | Treatment of the terminally ill in their own homes, or in special hospital units or other facilities, with the goal of helping them to die comfortably, without pain.
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| Institutional discrimination | A pattern of treatment that systematically denies a group access to resources and opportunities as part of society's normal operations.
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| Instrumental leader | The person in the family who bears responsibility for the completion of tasks, focuses on more distant goals, and manages the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.
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| Multiple masculinities | The idea that men learn and play a full range of gender roles.
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| Second shift | The double burden—work outside the home followed by child care and housework—that many women face and few men share equitably.
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| Sex | The biological differences between males and females.
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| Sexism | The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.
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