Chapter 12 Flashcards
Feminist Theories of Crime
Second-wave feminists argued that to be fully liberated, women needed to have what?
Equal access to economic opportunities.
The Declaration of Sentiments stressed the need for reforms in
Divorce
The ______ feminist perspective that says women as a group cannot be understood, even by other women, because every person’s experience is unique; therefore, there is no need to measure or research such experiences.
Postmodern
What Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote?
Nineteenth
The first wave of feminism included what as one of its major events?
Seneca Falls Convention.
What pertains to behaviors and attitudes toward women that treat them as though they are on a pedestal?
Chivalry
According to the socialist feminist perspective, what may be women’s ultimate worst enemy?
Capitalism
According to ______, causes of gender inequality are due to biological sex differences, and social behavior is based on the biological sex differences.
The conservative perspective
Which statement is consistent with a radical feminist philosophy?
Sexism is the most widespread form of human oppression
Socialist feminism attempts to synthesize what type of feminism?
Marxist and radical
According to postmodern feminism, There is no what?
No single formula for being a “good feminist”
Which type of feminism perceives domination—of women, marginalized groups, animals, and the Earth—as the essential problem rather than the patriarchy?
Ecofeminism
What types of attributes of women convicted of crimes did Lombroso focus on the most?
Physical
Otto Pollak believed what?
women had a deceitful nature.
The liberation thesis, also referred to as the emancipation hypothesis, attempts to link the ______.
Women’s liberation movement with female crime rates
