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Gender Roles; attitudes and activities that a society links to each sex. ex.) A gender role in the show, would be how Jay is the tough man and makes sure everything is right in a lawful way and when he does it he is a strong enforcer and confronts them. Gloria is the pretty woman that wants to be involed in her son's school activites and is encouraging and mothering.

Matriarchy: A form of social organisations in which females dominate males. ex.) In one episode Claire demonstrates matriarchy by ruling over the janitor at the school to change the light for the dance. He didn't want to but she basically said he was lazy, so with her saying that he followed her rule and changed the light.

Sexism: The belief that one sex is innately superior to the other. ex.) While Jay and Phil were taking Manny and Luke to shop for nice outfits for their first dance, they had to wait for a parking spot as soon as they were going to pull in another guy takes the spot. So phil keeps driving and Jay asks him why he is doing that, he should be a man and let the guy know that was their spot, but phil said a parking spot shouldn't matter. Then Jay had said why don't you grab the lipstick out of your purse, basically saying don't be a women and let poeple take things away from you, which is sexism saying men would be tough and do something about it and women would just let it happen.

Patriarchy: A form of social organization in which males dominate females. ex.) Jay is the patriarch in the show, because you never see Claire and Mitchell's biological mom.

Sexual harrassment: Comments, gestures, or physical contacts of a sexual nature that are deliberate, repeated, and unwelcome. ex.) When Cameron is trying to help this old man try and talk to this old woman. He tells Mitchell to wait by the old man so when he calls his cell phone they can talk to each other. The old man drops the phone, and Mitchell tells him that they will just meet them downstairs. When the old man tells the woman that he loves her and such, she replies, "what about his wife? What will she think?" Cameron and Mitchell walk away because the old man was just trying to be with another woman.

Feminism: Support of soical equality for women and men, in opposition to patriarchy and sexism. ex.) One day Phil spends the day at the spa by himself, and he learns how to respond to his wife Claire. When she talks about how bad traffic is, he learned to respond with a phrase like "I know it is so frustrating."