Final Exam Flashcards
Male generic terms assume “maleness” as the default human status and exclude who?
Exclude women and 2SLGBTQIA+ folks
True or False: Women and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities have reclaimed offensive terms
True.
True or False: Language and the way we communicate has changed/evolved.
True.
Language and the way we communicate has changed/evolved (and will continue to change/evolve)
What important change needs to happen as we move toward a more gender-equal society?
Language must change to reflect a gender-equal society.
What does the acronym TGNC stand for?
Transgender and gender nonconforming
Name the 6 Transgender identities identified in class
Transgender men (FTM)
Transgender women (MTF)
Non-binary
Genderqueer
Genderfluid
Gender nonconforming
When did Women’s Studies classes start to be taught?
1970-1980s
In the 1990s-2000s, Women’s Studies was started to be called Gender Studies. Why?
To make it more inclusive
Gender Identity: is it Nature or Nurture?
We don’t really know.
Likely, both biological and social/environmental forces work together to influence gender identity.
What is Gender expression?
The external appearance of one’s gender identity.
Including: Clothing, jewelry, hair length, style, activities, interests,
and mannerisms.
What are Gender roles?
A set of social expectations about how one should appear and behave within a specific culture based on one’s sex and gender
What is the updated definition of sex?
The different biological and physiological characteristics of females, males, and intersex persons, such as chromosomes, hormones, reproductive organs
What is the traditional definition of sex?
Either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male, especially on the basis of their reproductive organs and structures
What term was adopted at a conference (in Winnipeg!) in 1990 by Elder Myra Laramee?
Two-Spirit
What are the term benefits to Two-Spirit?
+ Enables some to reclaim traditional roles within Indigenous communities
+ Finds meaning in sexual or gender difference within Indigenous cultural frameworks,
rather than settler categories
+ Makes Indigeneity visible amongst gender and sexual minority settler communities
+ Can help combat prejudices introduced by colonization
What are the term challenges to Two-Spirit?
+ For Diné communities, the term can be interpreted as a person with both a dead spirit and a living spirit within them
+ Term homogenizes distinct genders across nations, and may overwrite these terms (undermining the survival of Indigenous languages)
+ Term is often used amongst urban Indigenous people, and is less accessible for those in rural communities
A person who is emotionally, romantically, or sexually attracted to people who are of a different sex/gender than their own
Heterosexual (or Straight)
A person who is emotionally, romantically or sexually
attracted to members of the same sex/gender
Homosexual (gay or lesbian)
A person who is emotionally, romantically or sexually attracted to more than one sex/gender though not necessarily simultaneously, in the same way, or to the same degree
Bisexual
A person who has the potential for emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to people of any sex/gender though not necessarily simultaneously, in the same way, or to the same degree
Pansexual
A person who experiences a complete or partial lack of sexual attraction or lack of interest in sexual activity with others (note: asexuality exists on a spectrum)
Asexual
An umbrella term used to describe diverse sexualities and gender
identities
2SLGBTQIA+
(2 Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual)
The + is added to be inclusive of those who identify as part of other
communities or who use other terminology
The largest single group in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community
Bisexual people
The process of rendering bi-identified people and their
experiences invisible within discussions of 2SLGBTQIA+ identities, experiences, and issues
Bi-invisibility/bisexual erasure
The social construction of gender is based on the idea of ______________________
Social construction
Gender as a __________:
+ Gender creates social differences that define being a woman or a man
+ Through social interaction, people learn what is expected of each gender – how to act, behave, dress, parent, work etc. in accordance with that gender
Process
Gender as a __________:
+ Gender ranks those in the category of “men” above those in the category of “women”
+ In a gender stratified society, what men do is valued more highly than what women do
Stratification
Gender as a __________:
+ Gender divides work in the home and economic system, legitimates those in authority, organizes sexuality and emotional life
Structure
