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origin of the word feminism

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French ‘feminisme’

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meaning of French ‘feminisme’

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medical feminization of male body or women with masculine traits

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political stance that aims to change the social position of women

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feminism

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true or false: before the coinage of the term feminism, there were already feminists in the 18th century

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true

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feminism is both a _____ that is used as a lens, and a _____ that aims to transform society

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theory, movement

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written by Wollstonecraft to fight for education of women

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Vindication of the Rights of Women

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held the first women’s rights conference

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Stanton

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book by Friedan that describes assumptions that women will be fulfilled from housework

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Feminine Mystique

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organization that dismissed the issue of sexual equality

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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established after an organization dismissed the issue of sexual equality

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National Organization of Women

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feminist organizations/publications in the Philippines in the 19th century

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Asosacion Feminista Filipina, Asosacion Feminista Ilonga, Filipina (feminist magazine by Poblete)

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achieved by Filipino women in 1937

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suffrage

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ideas: men and women are equal, they have equal reasoning capacity, there should be fair meritocracy, and they should have the same rights

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liberal feminism

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source of inequality according to liberal feminism

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sexist socialization and social discrimination

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means of achieving equality for liberal feminism

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equal opportunities, reforms, education

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criticism of liberal feminism

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no analysis of race, class, national oppression

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argued for compensation for women

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Wages Against Housework by Federici

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feminist wing of the NDF

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MAKIBAKA

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ideas: capitalism benefits from women’s subordination, women are seen as 2nd class workers/reserved labor force, the private-public dichotomy keeps men free from domestic responsibilities

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Marxist feminism

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source of oppression for Marxist feminism

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capitalism

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means of achieving equality for Marxist feminism

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shift from capitalism to socialism

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ideas: women and men are fundamentally different, women should control their own bodies, hierarchies should be eliminated and society should be altered

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radical feminism

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critique of Marxist feminism

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reduction of gender to class oppression

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Frye used the birdcage analogy and double bind to describe this concept

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oppression

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used to maintain power over women according to Rich
compulsory heterosexuality
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source of oppression for radical feminism
patriarchy
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means of achieving equality for radical feminism
counterinstitution, separatism, women's culture
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critique of radical feminism
patriarchy is defined biologically; it neglects different sexual orientations
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the patriarchy is buried through learning under this mode of production
capitalism
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ideas: gendered Marxism (Marxist + radical feminism), women's work is devalued because it is separate from surplus value production, women's oppression is due to their economic dependence
socialist feminism
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ideas: 2/3 world feminism, development paradigms, commodification of women, increased violence is due to military and workplace sexism
third world feminism
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source of oppression for third world feminism
national oppression, colonialism, imperialism
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means of achieving equality for third world feminism
gender-fair development, participation of women in nationalist liberation
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critique of third world feminism
it is culture-specific
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ideas: feminist + ecological concerns, oppression is culturally valued and will be imposed if there is no resistance, interdependence with all other life forms
ecofeminism
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source of oppression for ecofeminism
violence, patriarchy, culture-nature divide
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means of achieving equality for ecofeminism
simplicity and consumer liberation, sustainable livelihood, environmental preservation and conservation
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critique of ecofeminism
too specific, divides men (culture) and women (nature)
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this defines identity as contingent and discursive, where gender is not fixed but is a discursive construct (a product of discourse)
poststructural feminism
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an endless signifying chain that is arbitrary under poststructural feminism
language
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in Foucault's History of Sexuality, a critique of modernity, he said that power should be ______
anti-hierarchical
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in Foucault's History of Sexuality, sexuality transitions from _____ to _____
ars erotica, scientia sexualis
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true or false: in the 17th century, there was a lot of secrecy to sex
false
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true or false: during the Victorian era, sexuality was restrained and there was total obliteration of sex
false (restrained but no total obliteration)
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places for "other Victorians"
social places of tolerance
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those who defy the general rule of silence during the Victorian era
other Victorians
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the nature of power according to Foucault
to be repressive
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the regime that sustains sexuality discourse
power-knowledge-pleasure regime
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how does sex become a discursive fact?
when it is put into discourse (scientia)
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hypothesis that states that despite repression, continuous proliferation of discourse on sex will lead to its multiplication
repressive hypothesis
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ways of knowing (how sex is transformed into discourse)
field of exercise of power
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regulation of sex through public discourse
censorship
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ideas: gender is done through interactions and is an ongoing accomplishment, individuals are accountable to gender norms and guard their performances based on expectations, an accountability structure dictates expectations of performances, gender is fluid and norms can be subverted
doing gender approach
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criticisms of doing gender approach
it downplays agency, presumes coherent gender, and does not analyze intersections
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ideas: fluid and non-aligned gender and sexuality, gender as a construct, deconstruction of binarism, emphasis on intersectionality
masculinity/queer theory
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reaction to feminism that is anti-sexist/pro-feminist
men's movement
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basis of men's movement
socialist learnings
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viewed men as victims of a reverse sex war
New Lad Era
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call to retreat from contemporary masculinity to the original nature of men
mythopoetic movement
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movement that saw feminism as something that softened men
Iron John movement
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true or false: the men's movement is more alive today
false
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grassroots gay liberation movement of 1969
Stonewall Rebellion
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true or false: in the 1920s-1930s gay subcultures began to emerge in the US
true
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first openly gay person elected in public office (California)
Harvey Milk
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looks at dominance of men over women
hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity
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true or false: hegemonic masculinity does not have total cultural dominance
true
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difference of hegemonic dominance from 'male sex role'
hegemonic dominance refers to cultural ideals
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reasons for collaborating with masculinity
fantasy gratification, maintenance of practices, its construction in relation to women
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defined publicly but are also linked to the home
patterns of emphasized femininity

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