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General sociology
General terms relating to the study of society.
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transvestitism
Sociology; General sociology
The practice of wearing clothing associated to the social patterns of the opposite sex.
female genital mutilation
Sociology; General sociology
All procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. FGM is typically carried out on girls ...
mass education
Sociology; General sociology
The widespread expansion of formal education in the larger society.
teacher-expectancy effect
Sociology; General sociology
The impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the student's actual achievements.
population korfa
Sociology; General sociology
A special type of bar chart that shows the distribution of population by gender and age.
sex ratio
Sociology; General sociology
A ratio arrived at by dividing the number of males by the number of females.
