Feminist International Relations Flashcards
Gender is ideological and cultural, not ___.
Natural.
Gender is socially ___.
Constructed.
Politics selects masculinity/femininity.
Masculinity.
There is a common misconception that the international world is a place of insecurity, however, the reality is that the ___ can be a place of insecurity as well.
State.
Masculinity in the military is called the…
“Latter-day leprosy.”
Poststructuralism
Social “reality” and identities are discursively created, rather than being “truth” or universal.
Discourse
Systems of meaning production rather than simply statements or language, encompassing narratives, texts, images, and systems that ‘fix’ meaning and enable us to make sense of the world.
The “Other”
That which is distinct from, different from, or opposite to something or oneself.