5.4 Feminism terms

Question 1

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Public sphere

Answer 1

Area in society where relationships are public, specifically life outside the home, particularly society and economy

Question 2

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Private sphere

Answer 2

Area in society where relationships are seen as private, specifically home and domestic life

Question 3

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Essentialism

Answer 3

The belief that biological factors are significant in the different character and behaviour of men and women

Question 4

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Gender stereotypes

Answer 4

The different way society expects men and women to behave according to gender roles

Question 5

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List the 3 components of political equality

Answer 5

• Equal right to vote
• one person one vote
• equal right to protest

Question 6

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Reserve army of labour

Answer 6

The idea that women constitute a spare workforce that can be called on as and when needed

Question 7

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Gender equality

Answer 7

The idea that society should treat everyone the same, irrespective of their gender

Question 8

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Cultural feminism

Answer 8

• A form of difference feminism that seeks to challenge the dominance of male culture in society
• instead seeks to promote ‘women’s values’

Question 9

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Reformist (feminism)

Answer 9

Gradual and peaceful change to society

Question 10

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‘Otherness’

Answer 10

• The idea that women were considered to be fundamentally different from men
• Men seen as the ‘norm’
• women seen as deviants from this norm
• Promoted by Simone de Beauvoir

Question 11

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androgyny

Answer 11

• humans are sexless persons
• differences between men and women so minimal they should have no impact on societal and economic position of women