Chapter 1 Flashcards
explores the intersection of gender and society from various perspectives.
Gender and Society
It examines how gender roles identities and inequalities are constructed and experienced within social, cultural, and historical contexts.
Gender and Society
They are typically assigned for hunting, warfare and leadership.
Men
They were responsible for domestic tasks and child rearing.
Women
A movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries fought for women’s right to vote and challenged traditional gender norms.
Women’s Suffrage Movement
A movement in 1960s and 1970s, pushed for gender equality and questioned the social construction of gender.
Feminist Movement
It refers to social and cultural roles, behavior, identities, and expectations associated with being male or female in a particular society.
Gender
It refers to roles, behaviors, and expectations associated within gender are not inherent or biologically determined, but rather are created and reinforced by society and it is shaped by cultural, historical, and social factors.
Social Construction of Gender
A classification of individuals into 2 distincts and mutually exclusive categories of male and female.
Gender Binary
It refers to individuals’ deeply held sense of their own gender, which may or may not align with sex assigned to them at birth.
Gender Identity
Refers to sets of expectations and norms concerning how individuals should behave, present themselves, and perform certain tasks based on their gender.
Gender Roles
It is a process through which individuals learn and internalize the norms, values and behaviors associated with their assigned gender.
Gender Socialization
This recognizes that individuals have multiple social identities leading to unique experiences and systems of oppression.
Intersectionality
Social and political movement advocating for gender equality and challenging gender based oppression
Feminism
