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false consciousness

(noun) A Marxist term, describing when your beliefs and values are in conflict with your own interests, thus you support a system that oppresses you.

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familification

(noun) “[A] process of neighborhood change whereby traditional families move into disadvantaged neighborhoods, with cultural, social, and economic consequences for those neighborhoods” (Goodsell 2013:861).

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family

(noun) A socially recognized group of two or more individuals joined by kinship (adoption, blood, fictive kin, or marriage).

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family life cycle

(noun) The predictable steps and patterns a family experiences over time.

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family planning

(noun) Using various types of contraception to control pregnancy.

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family role

(noun) A position within a family such as parent or child that determines an individual’s expected behavior.

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family size

(noun) The total number of people related by blood (consanguinity), marriage (affinity), or adoption that live together.

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father

(noun) A male parent of a child.

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felony

(noun) A crime that is considered quite serious, that is typically punishable by long-term imprisonment or death.

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feminism

1. (noun) The idea that women and men should have equal legal and political rights, sexual autonomy, and self-determination (agency); 2. (noun) A social movement that advocates for economic, political, and social equality between women and men; 3. (noun) A theoretical perspective stating women are uniquely and systematically oppressed and that challenges ideas of gender and sex roles.

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feminization of poverty

(noun) The tendency for more women to live in poverty compared to men, and the factors that contribute to this phenomenon.

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fertility rate

(noun) Average number (rate) of children born to a woman in a population over her reproductive lifetime.

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fetish

1. (noun) A material object endowed with supernatural power; 2. (noun) A type of sexual desire that places emphasis on an external object.

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feudalism

(noun) A hierarchical society based on land ownership and protection.

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fictive kin

(noun) A kinship based on social agreements such as friendship instead of adoption, blood (consanguinity), or marriage (affinity) that creates a relationship “like family.”

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field note

(noun) Data gathered from research in the field.

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field research

(noun) The first-hand observation and data collection of people’s behavior in their natural environment.