EQ 5 Flashcards
Attitudes
How people feel about something
Disenfranchise
Your right to vote and have a say is removed
Domestic
To do with the home
Domestic sphere
Women’s world of the home, children and charity
Enfranchise
Give someone the right to vote
Maternal
Motherly
Public sphere
The man’s world of war, work and political
Rational
Logical, well thought out
Separate spheres
Idea that men and women had different roles in society
Similarity
Where something is like something else
Stereotype/ stereotypical
An assumption that someone will act or behave in a certain way
Submissive
Allow yourself to be less powerful than someone else
Suffrage
The right to vote in political elections
Suffragette
Someone who is fighting for women’s right to vote. Prepared to use violence if necessary.
Suffragist
Someone who is fighting for women’s rights (incl right to vote). Use peaceful strategies