Gender And Society Vocabulary

noun the transmission of social values, norms, and practices within a society

• Social reproduction refers to the processes by which society perpetuates itself through the transmission of cultural norms and values from one generation to the next.
• Social reproduction is basically how we pass on our beliefs and traditions to our kids.
• Social reproduction is like society's way of keeping things going from one generation to the next.
• Just like how genes are passed down from parent to child, social reproduction ensures that societal norms and values are inherited by future generations.

adjective showing an excessive or submissive fondness for one's wife

• He was often criticized for his uxorious behavior towards his wife, always putting her needs above his own.
• Everyone knew he was uxorious when he cancelled his golf game to take his wife shopping.
• His friends teased him for being so uxorious, calling him a 'whipped husband'.
• Her love for him was so strong, it was almost uxorious in nature, consuming her every thought and action.

noun a woman who commits adultery, typically with a married man

• The law in many countries still punishes the act of adultery, especially when committed by an adultress.
• I heard she was labeled as an adultress after the scandal broke out.
• She's known around town as the biggest adultress in the neighborhood.
• In literature, the character was portrayed as an adultress who faced the consequences of her actions.