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Zulu123

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What is the difference between words sex and gender in the English language?
 
  a. Sex is the biological category (male or female), while gender is the socially experienced image belonging to one of those categories.
  b. Gender is the biological category (male or female), while sex is the socially created image belonging to one of those categories.
  c. They are synonyms.
  d. Sex refers to masculinity or femininityaspects of a personality that are difficult to measure.

Question 2

Which is considered to be the most salient parameter of social categorization?
 
  a. race
  b. gender
  c. ethnicity
  d. religion
  e. sexual orientation


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pami445

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Reply #1 on: Jul 30, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b


Zulu123

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Reply 2 on: Jul 30, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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