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  2. Doing gender - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, sociology and gender studies, "doing gender" is the idea that gender, rather than being an innate quality of individuals, is a social construct that actively surfaces in everyday human interaction.

  3. Gender Trouble - Wikipedia

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    Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity [1] [2] is a book by the post-structuralist gender theorist and philosopher Judith Butler in which the author argues that gender is performative, meaning that it is maintained, created or perpetuated by iterative repetitions when speaking and interacting with each other.

  4. Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    Encyclopædia Britannica, a printed encyclopedia, and Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. An encyclopedia [a] is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline.

  5. Age of majority - Wikipedia

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    The Jewish Talmud says that every judgment Josiah, the sixteenth king of Judah (c. 640 –609 BCE), issued from his coronation until the age of eighteen was reversed and he returned the money to the parties whom he judged liable, due to concern that in his youth he may not have judged the cases correctly. [8]

  6. Sexual orientation - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. Pattern of romantic or sexual attraction "Sexual preference" redirects here. For the book, see Sexual Preference (book). Sexual orientation Sexual orientations Asexual Bisexual Heterosexual Homosexual Gay men Lesbian Related terms Allosexual Androphilia & gynephilia Bi-curious Gray ...

  7. Social comparison theory - Wikipedia

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    Hyman revealed the assessment of one's own status is dependent on the group with whom one compares oneself. [6] The social comparison theory is the belief that media influence, social status, and other forms of competitiveness can affect our self-esteem and mood. This can affect individuals' outlook on themselves and how they fit in with others.

  8. Grounded theory - Wikipedia

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    Grounded theory combines traditions in positivist philosophy, general sociology, and, particularly, the symbolic interactionist branch of sociology.According to Ralph, Birks and Chapman, [9] grounded theory is "methodologically dynamic" [7] in the sense that, rather than being a complete methodology, grounded theory provides a means of constructing methods to better understand situations ...

  9. Law of three stages - Wikipedia

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    Three stages of Sociology. The law of three stages is an idea developed by Auguste Comte in his work The Course in Positive Philosophy.It states that society as a whole, and each particular science, develops through three mentally conceived stages: (1) the theological stage, (2) the metaphysical stage, and (3) the positive stage.