Exam 2 Flashcards
What concerns feminists about education?
Female underperformance in math and science
What reasons cause girls in developing countries to leave school
To… Help at home, get married, and take care of younger siblings
What is vertical gender segregation?
Women rarely make it to management
What is the glass ceiling?
Invisible obstacles that women face when trying to advance their careers
What is horizontal segregation?
- Mens jobs require strength/tech skills
- Women dominate caretaking jobs
What is the Second Shift?
Women work both “productive” jobs and do housework
- The “Dual Burden”
Productive vs Unproductive Work
Productive: Increases the value of an economy by creating goods and services
- Ex: working overnight at amazon
Unproductive: Does not produce goods and services in an economy, GDP doesn’t increase
- Ex: paying the bills, nursing babies, and cleaning the floors
What is a “velvet ghetto”
High profile, low power jobs that rely on “natural” skills
What is Sexual Harassment?
Sexual activity without informed consent
- Ex: a coworker tells you how “hot” you look even though you’re not interested
What is gender intimidation?
Members of one sex are made to feel humiliated, unsafe, or inferior
What are the common movie tropes that represent women?
(6)
- Damsel in distress
- Manic pixie dream girl
- The murdered woman
- The lady sidekick
- The straw feminist
- Lolita
What is the male gaze?
In most media content, men act and women appear
What is film noir?
A genre featuring the femme fatale (dark hair, assertive, gets what she deserves for not being passive)
Why are cyborgs problematic?
They most often reinforce gender norms
- Its a utopia based on the idea that technology can improve the human body
What are attitudes that perpetuate rape culture?
- “Boys will be boys” mindset
- Women are told how to avoid rape and are blamed for sexual assault
- “They probably didn’t mean to “
What is period poverty?
The lack of access to menstrual products, hygiene facilities, education, and support
What are the key components of consent
- Given without any form of pressure, coercion, and manipulation
- Anyone can change their mind at any time
- Can only be given if all parties understand what they’re agreeing to
- Must be given for one act or behavior ( does not apply to all situations)
What is cyberfeminism?
The idea that technology might help society free itself from gender stereotypes
- Alexa and Siri have women’s voices by default
What is the glass escalator?
Men in female dominated fields often experience a faster and smoother rise to the upper levels of leadership
- Higher salaries, more promotions, higher levels
What is Cartesian dualism?
The idea that the human body and minds can exist independently
- Allows us to see the body as a machine
What is coercion?
Persuading someone to do something by using force or threats
What s the Bechdel test?
A measure of the representation of women in film and other fiction
- Are there at least 2 women who have names
- Do they talk to each other
- Do they talk to each other about something other than a man
What are 3 factors that historically lead a community to engage in witch trials
- Strains on a society such as economic, political, religious
- Women easily scapegoated as a witch
- Money and/or property to gain
Death rate for women working in prostitution?
40 times higher than the rest of the population
