Woman

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/woman

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the global population share?Approximately 49.5% of the world's population
2. What does it mean to be a woman?A woman is an adult human female. She has biological traits like XX chromosomes and reproductive organs, but being a woman also includes how she feels inside and how people in her culture see her.
3. Why are women important to our world?Women help build families, schools, hospitals, and businesses. They create art, write books, and lead movements for fairness and peace.

Feminism: The advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.
Intersectionality: The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group.
Gender Pay Gap: The average difference between the remuneration for men and women, typically expressed as a percentage of the man's salary.