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The chapter introduces the social construction theory of gender by defining differences between sex and gender, sex roles and gender roles, and sexual discrimination and sexism.

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Jun, H. (2018). Sexism. In: Social Justice, Multicultural Counseling, and Practice . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72514-7_5

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