exam 1

Question 1

summary of the 1st wave of feminism

Answer 1

Seneca Falls Convention:

women fought for voting rights

focused on the lack of property rights

Focused on the lack of women’s suffrage

Lack of women representation in government

Inequality in divorce law

Inequality in education

Inequality in employment opportunities

Abolition of slavery

Question 2

summary of the 2nd wave of feminism

Answer 2

White women analyzed how the media portrayed women as objects

White women fought for equal pay, equal work, reproductive rights access to health care, they spoke against plastic surgery, and pornography and rose awareness about domestic violence and rape

Black women fought for integration. Fought for full voting rights, access to health care public spaces, and equal pay.

Asian American women brought attention to the recently revised refugees from the Vietnam War.

Question 3

summary of the 3rd wave of feminism

Answer 3

Inclusion: An emphasis of listening to and including diverse perspectives.

Girl Power: Reveling in femininity meaning wearing feminine clothing, makeup, high heels, with an emphasis on beauty.

Choice: Choices are up to the woman. Every woman should be respected for her choices about jobs, family, and personal autonomy and agency (power).

Political Power: A focus on getting more women in positions of power.

Equal Work for Equal Pay and the Right to Childca

Question 4

summary of the 4th wave of feminism

Answer 4

Online Activism:#girlgaze (women artist) #heforshe #sayhername #bringbackourgirls

A focus on Sexual Harassment: the #MeToo Movement, Domestic Violence, and Rape.

Raising Awareness about Body Shaming, Bullying, and Cultivating a love for our bodies.

Cultivating an awareness about globalization and its effects on women.

Getting more women involved politically.

Understanding globalization and its effects on women

Black Lives Matter Movement: Bring attention to the police brutality in black communities.

Question 5

define gender equality

Answer 5

the different behaviors, aspirations, and needs of women and men are considered, valued,
and favored equally.

Question 6

define systemic institutionalized

Answer 6

These are sexist incidents that often are inherent in everyday life but are not
overt. They are embedded in the system.

Examples: Receiving unsolicited comments on your body, being mistaken
for a caretaker, being called good girl, darling, babe, being asked about marriage and children, being belittled,
being catcalled, not being promoted at work because of your gender, etc.

Question 7

define what consciousness raising groups

Answer 7

These groups sparked 2nd wave feminism.

Women gathered and discussed sexuality, domestic issues, childcare, healthcare, and what they experienced as a woman.

Question 8

Define what a Revolutionary feminist consciousness-raising is?

Answer 8

critiquing patriarchy, questioning how it is institutionalized, and finding
ways to fight how it is perpetuated and maintained.

Question 9

what is the decolonized feminism perspective?

Answer 9

this is a nonwhite feminist perspective. It is the study of feminism without the
idea that we must help the other. We must listen to people and their experiences and not impose our ideas.

Question 10

what is patriarchal violence?

Answer 10

the belief that it is acceptable for a more powerful individual to control others various forms of
coercive force.

Question 11

define what feminization of poverty is ?

Answer 11

the increasing representation of women and children among the poorest people in the world.

Question 12

define the contemporary feminism

Answer 12

confronting sexism within the women’s community. Critiquing ways
that women are complicit in their oppression.

Examples: Criticizing another woman’s body,
criticizing our bodies, competing with other women in an unhealthy way.

Question 13

define what reformist feminism is

Answer 13

gaining equality with men in the existing political system, especially within the workforce.
We are reforming the current political system. You make small changes through political policy.

Question 14

define what radical feminism is ?

Answer 14

An overall restructuring of society so that our nation would be fundamentally anti-sexist.

This could be done through a change in institutional policy (schools, government, hospitals, prisons, religious institutions, etc) or mass education and awareness of sexism.

Question 15

define the term lifestyle feminism

Answer 15

ushered in the notion that there could be as many versions of feminism as
there were women.

Suddenly, politics was being slowly removed from feminism. Every
woman could fit feminism into her lifestyle.

Question 16

One activist from 1st wave and her importance.

Answer 16

Ida B. Wells:

African American activist

Civil rights leader

Fought for suffrage the right to vote

Question 17

One activist from 2nd wave and her importance.

Answer 17

Angela Davis

Black Women fought for their bodies to be legal in public (integration).

fighting for full voting rights
access to healthcare and public spaces, and equal pay.

Question 18

define intentionality

Answer 18

the complex cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or groups.

Question 19

example of intersectionality

Answer 19

Ex: Not getting a job because of your age, last name, body type, ethnicity, etc

Question 20

bell hooks exact definition of feminism (from “Feminism is for Everybody”)

Answer 20

Simply put, feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression

Question 21

Origin and Years of the Word Feminism

Answer 21

1.Charles Fourier, a French philosopher, coined the
term “feminisme” in 1837.

2.The word started to be in use in France in 1872,

3.in Great Britain in the 1890s,

4.in the US in 1910 Women argued for equality in Europe and the U.S.
earlier than the word feminism started to circulate.