Feminism Flashcards

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What is a version of difference feminism that challenges the domination of male culture?

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Cultural feminism

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Who is the existential feminist thinker that argued society defined female characteristics and their roles?

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De Beauvoir (Simone)

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What term describes the belief that women and men are biologically and culturally different and this should be celebrated?

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Difference Feminism

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4
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What argues for an elimination of cultural differences in the pursuit of absolute equality?

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Equality feminism

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5
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What does equality of opportunity mean?

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Everyone having the same life chances in society

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What is the belief that biological differences between men and women lead to distinct differences in their fundamental nature?

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Essentialism

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7
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What focused the feminist movement on legal and political rights?

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First-wave feminism

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What is the defining of certain roles/qualities and personality based on a person’s sex?

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Gender

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What term describes men and women being treated the same and having full cultural equality within society?

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Gender equality

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What describes women’s roles being pre-determined by society so that they are socialised to behave in a certain way?

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Gender stereotypes

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Who is the early feminist thinker that argued for equality of opportunity and felt life as a housewife amounted to domestic slavery?

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Gilman (Charlotte)

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Who is the third-wave/post modern feminist who came up with the idea of ‘intersectionality’ in Feminism?

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hooks (bell)

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What is the idea that discrimination against women varies due to race, class and country?

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Intersectionality

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What term describes treating everyone the same in the eyes of the law?

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Legal equality

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15
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What sees individualism as the basis of gender equality and looks to reform current systems?

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Liberal feminism

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16
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Who is the radical feminist who believed that sexual relationships and society enforced the patriarchy?

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Millett (Kate)

17
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What is the term for a dislike for and contempt of women?

18
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What describes women being treated as an inferior minority who are subordinate to men?

19
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What is a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it?

A

Patriarchy

20
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What term describes women having the same rights to vote and hold political office?

A

Political equality

21
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What argues that patriarchy manifests in different ways depending on a woman’s race, class, etc.?

A

Post-modern feminism

22
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What is the area of society where relationships are seen as private – centred on domestic life?

A

Private sphere

23
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What describes the visible aspects of life, such as the workplace and civic life?

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Public sphere

24
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What believes that the biggest problem facing society is gender inequality and this can only be changed by a revolutionary change?

A

Radical feminism

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What is the idea that women constitute a spare workforce that can be called upon when required?
Reserve army of labour
26
Who is the socialist feminist thinker who believed capitalism used women and needed to oppress them?
Rowbotham (Shelia)
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What looked to challenge gender roles and challenge the patriarchy?
Second wave feminism
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What is the biological difference between men and women?
Sex
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What believes that gender inequality stems from economics and that capitalism creates patriarchy?
Socialist feminism
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What is the early 20th century campaign to gain votes for women?
Suffrage campaign