Definitions Flashcards
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Liberal Feminism
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- relies on deeply held American beliefs about equality (connected to political liberalism)
- believe that women are entitled to full legal and social equality with men
- favor changes in laws, customs, and values to achieve goal of equality
- fostered research in many areas including gender norms, how children are socialized to gender roles, and sex discrimination in employment
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Radical Feminism
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- emphasizes male control and domination of women throughout history
- views control of women by men as the first and most fundamental form of oppression (women as a group are oppressed by men as a group)
- has fostered research on violence against women
- some radical feminists believe in/endorse separatism (women can only escape patriarchy by creating their own woman-only communities)
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Woman of Colour Feminism/ Womanism
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- focuses on issues of importance to minority communities such as poverty, racism, jobs, healthcare, and access to education
- do not see men of colour as their oppressors
- particularly inclusive of men and regects the notion of notion of seperatism
- emphasize the effects of racial stereotyping and predjuidce as well as strengths and positive values of minority communities
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Cultural Feminism
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- emphasizes differences between women and men
- stresses that qualities characteristic of women have been devalued and should be honoured and respected by society
- useful in understanding “unpaid” work contributed by women
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Global Feminism
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- Focuses on hoe prejudice and discrimination against women are related across cultures and how they are connected to neocolonialism and global capitalism
- issues of concern are sweatshop labour, unequal access to healthcare and education, sex trafficking, and violence against women and girls in developing countries
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Simple/ General definition of a Feminist
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- an individual who holds these basic beliefs
1. that women are valuable and that social change to benefit women is needed
2. it is a movement to end sexism and sexist oppression
3. the inclusion of men is needed in the solution
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Conservatism
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- want to keep gender arrangements traditional
- men with more power and status and women being defined as their roles as mothers and wives
- return to the ‘good old days’ that have been justified on grounds of biology (genetic predisposition to gender roles and stereotypes), religion (supreme being ordained female submission and subordination - divorce, obedience, contraception, forbidden in positions of power)
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Gender
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- characteristics and traits sociocultrally considered appropriate to males and females
- a classification system that influences access to power and resources and shapes the relations among women and men
- most societies are hierarchical - dominant group has more power (ability to control the outcomes of others by providing/withholding resources) and higher social status
- changes from one society to another
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Sex
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- biological differences in genetic composition and reproductive anatomy and function
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Prejudice
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- negative attitudes or feelings towards a person because of his//her membership in a particular social group
- sexism, racism, able-ism, class-ism all the isms
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Discrimination
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- involves treating people unfairly because of their membership in a particular group
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Oppression
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- a widespread and systematic pattern of prejudice and discrimination
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Self-Presentation
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- a strategic choice
- may have positive/negative influences on others
- self-fulfilling prophecies
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Out Group
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- heterogeneity: know everyone is different
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In Group
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- homogeneity: all the same
