cultura de genero Flashcards
advocated that women possess “natural capacities” equal to men for governing and defending ancient Greece.
Plato
In The Book of ________ , 15th-century writer _______ protested misogyny and the role of women in the Middle Ages.
The City of Ladies, Christine de Pizan
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice.”
Abigail Adams
The “Rebellion” that Adams threatened began in _________, as calls for greater freedom for women joined with voices demanding the end of slavery.
the 19th centurt
first wave feminism
Late 19th and early 20th centuries
The first wave was connected with
the abolitionist movement in the USA at the time.
This phase revolved largely around
gaining basic legal rights for women that today we cannot imagine reality without
is often demarcated as officially beginning with the signing of the ‘Declaration of Sentiments’
first wave
first ever women’s rights convention.
‘Declaration of Sentiments’ at the Seneca Falls Convention
The convention was created when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were
denied seating at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.
became the goal of the movement with the formation of the American Equal Rights Association in 1866
Suffrage, the right of women to vote in elections
the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) was formed in
early 1869
became the first state to grant suffrage to women
wyoming in 1869
the National Woman’s Party (NWP) was formed by Alice Paul by breaking from NAWSA
in 1916
Refers to the roles and responsibilities of men and women that are created in our families and our societies
gender
Describes the biological differences between men and women, which are determined at birth.
sex
It is the collection and analysis of sex-disaggregated information.
gender analysis
It means that women and men have equal conditions for realizing their full human rights and for contributing to, and benefiting from, economic, social, cultural and political development.
gender equality
is the equal valuing by society of the similarities and the differences of men and women, and the roles they play. It is based on women and men being full partners in their home, their community and their society.
gender equality
It is the process of being fair to men and women.
gender equity
It is about people -both women and men- taking control over their lives
empowerment
It is the result of how each society divides work among men and among women according to what is considered suitable or appropriate to each gender.
gender division of labour
WID
Women in development
GAD
Gender and Development
approach aims to integrate women into the existing development process by targeting them
WID
approach focuses on intervening to address unequal gender relations which prevent inequitable development and which often lock women out of full participation
GAD
It is a process rather than a goal.
gender mainstreaming
second wave feminism
1960-1970s
third wave feminism
1990s
influences in the second wave
Civil rights movement
Discussion of principles such as equality and justice
Protests against the Vietnam War.
he created Commission on the Status of Women and appointed Eleanor Roosevelt to lead it
Kennedy in 1961
actions in second wave
National Organization for Women (NOW) launched a campaign for legal equity
Women’s studies departments were founded at colleges and universities.
Protective labour laws were overturned.
Employers found to have discriminated against female workers were required to compensate with back pay.
Anarcho-feminists:
dismantling institutions.
Individualists feminists
minimal government.
Amazon feminists
advocated liberation through physical strength.
Separatists feminists
women could not possibly liberate themselves without at least a period of separation from men
Led by so-called Generation Xers who born in 1960s and 70s
third wave
sought to question reclaim and redefine the ideas about womanhood, gender, beauty, sexuality, feminity, masculinity, etc
thrid wave feminists
first becoming conscious of the ways one’s gender identity and sexuality have been shaped by society and then intentionally, constructing one’s authentic gender identity
sexual liberation
fourth wave feminism
2012
what does fourth wave focuses on?
sexual harrassment, body shaming and rape culture
