Chapter 12

Question 0

What is liberal feminists?

Answer 0

They focus on helping individual women over come the limits and constraints of traditional gender-role socialization patterns.

Question 1

Who are the founders of feminist therapy?

Answer 1

Jean Baker Miller
Carol Zerbe Enns
Oliva M. Espin
Lauara S. Brown

Question 2

What are cultural feminists?

Answer 2

They highlight the value of interdependence over individualism.

Question 3

What are radical feminists?

Answer 3

They focus on the oppression of women that is embedded in patriarchy and seek to change society through activism and equalizing power.

Question 4

What are socialist feminists?

Answer 4

They share the goal of societal change with radical feminists. The major goal is to transform social relationships and institutions.

Question 5

What are postmodern feminists?

Answer 5

They provide a model for critiquing other traditional and feminist approaches, addressing the issue of what constitutes reality and proposing multiple truths as opposed to a single truth.

Question 6

What are women of color feminists?

Answer 6

They believe it is essential that feminist theory be broadened and made more inclusive.

Question 7

What are lesbian feminists?

Answer 7

They share commonalities of radical feminists. Both perspectives view women’s oppression as related to heterosexist and sexualized images of women.

Question 8

What are global international feminists?

Answer 8

They take a world wide perspective and seek to understand the ways in which racism, sexism economics and classism affect women in different countries.

Question 9

What is androcentric?

Answer 9

Using male-oriented constructs to draw conclusions about human, including female nature.

Question 10

What is gendercentric?

Answer 10

Proposing two separate paths of development for women and men.

Question 11

What is hederosexist?

Answer 11

Viewing a hederosexual orientation as normative and desirable and devaluing lesbian, gay male, and bisexual orientations.

Question 12

What is deterministic?

Answer 12

Assuming that personality patterns and behavior are fixed at an early stage of development.

Question 13

What is intrapsychic orientation?

Answer 13

Attributing behavior to internal causes, which results in blaming the victim and ignoring sociocultural and political factors.

Question 14

What are the constructs of feminist theory?

Answer 14

Gender fair
Flexible-multicultural
Interactionist
Life-span orientated

Question 15

What are the principles of feminist therapy?

Answer 15

1. The personal is political
2. Commitment to social change
3. Women’s and girls voices and ways of knowing are valued and their experiences are honoured
4. The counselling relationship is egalitarian
5. A focus on strengths and a reformulated definition of psychological distress
6. All types of oppression are recognized

Question 16

What are the techniques of feminist therapy?

Answer 16

1. Empowerment
2. Self-disclosure
3. Gender-role analysis
4. Gender-role intervention
5. Power analysis
6. Bibliotherapy
7. Assertiveness training
8. Reframing and relabeling
9. Social action
10. Group work

Question 17

What role do men play in feminist therapy?

Answer 17

Men can be feminist therapist and feminist therapy can be practiced with male clients.