Identity - Identity, Passive or ascribed identity - that which you are born into e.g. race, Active or achieved identity - that which you choose to pursue e.g. hobbies, Femininities - Female identities, Normative femininity - Physical appearance seen as important, Passive femininity - Acceptance about traditional ways of behaving e.g. demure and submissive, Assertive femininity - Challenge male culture and sexism, Masculinities - Male identities, Hegemonic masculinity - Male supremacy, heterosexuality, aggression, laddish culture, Subordinate masculinity - Gay men viewed as behaving differently to the expectations of the dominant hegemonic masculinity, Marginalised masculinity - Men who are on the edge of society and for whom jobs may not be guaranteed e.g., ethnic minority, low class etc., Complicit masculinity - The ‘new man’, takes a shared role in the family, cares about appearance etc., Sexual identity - The label adopted to signify to others who they are as a sexual being, and in particular their sexual orientation, Class identity - Self-concept in terms of social, economic and cultural capital, Super rich - The top 1% in terms of income, may not have been born into the lifestyle, Upper class - The class with the highest status, born into money e.g. the aristocracy, owners, Middle class - Those with white collar jobs, small business owners, professional occupations, Working class - Those with blue collar, manual occupations, Underclass - Unemployed and on long term benefits, Age identity - How long we have lived and how this shapes our life in terms of what we believe to be age appropriate behaviours (norms) and beliefs (values), Disability identity - An impediment that prevents a person from fully taking part in activities that the majority take for granted, National identity - Sense of belonging to one state or one nation, Ethnic identity - A combination of culture, descent, and sense of identity,

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