Final Exam - REVISED Flashcards
Mental structures that an individual uses to organize knowledge and incoming information according to gender categories and in turn leads people to perceive the world in terms of gender
Gender Schema
In English, what type of gendered terms are used in reference to human beings in general or persons of unspecified gender?
Male generic terms
A male-centred worldview that positions men and boys as representative of the human condition or experience and women and girls as diverging from the human condition
Androcentrism
What are some examples of Male generic terms?
Mankind
Manpower
The use of “guys” to refer to both women and men
What is the male precedence?
Male precedence: male and female, boys and girls, men and women, etc.
Words with equivalent terms for females and males
Parallel language
True or False - Parallel terms are equal in both meaning and connotation.
False.
Parallel terms can be equal in terms of denotation (the meaning of the word), but not connotation (the suggested meaning apart from the term’s literal meaning)
E.g., sports coaches calling male athletes “ladies” as a put down
What is gender-neutral language?
Language that is not specifically gendered (e.g., using the pronoun “they” instead of “he”, using neutral words or phrases such as “person” or “individual”, eliminating pronouns from sentences completely)
What types of terms have emerged to combat male generic language?
Gender-neutral language
How has the meaning of “Queer” changed over time?
“Queer” meanings:
* 16th century – odd or eccentric
* 19th century – colloquial term for gay men (often derogatory)
* 1960’s/1970’s – term reclaimed from its hurtful usage
* 1990’s – used as a critical and political identity that challenged normative ideas of sexuality and gender
* 2000’s – an umbrella term for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities
________ schemata have a powerful influence on the way we perceive the world.
Gender schemata
“The non-physiological (or non-biological) aspects of being male or female – the cultural expressions of femininity and masculinity”
The traditional definition of Gender
“The socially constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of girls, women, boys, men, and gender diverse people”
Updated definition of Gender
What is Gender Identity?
“One’s innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves”
Which gender identity is consistent with assigned sex at birth?
Cisgender
Which gender identity is not consistent with assigned sex at birth?
Transgender
Define Transgender
Transgender: An umbrella term for people whose gender identity is
different from their assigned sex at birth
What is Gender dysphoria?
A feeling of discomfort or distress that might occur in people whose gender identity differs from their assigned sex at birth
Name the Gender Identity Term:
Not identifying with any particular gender; sometimes referred to as “nongender” or “genderless”
Agender
Name the Gender Identity Term:
Identifying with two genders
Bigender
Name the Gender Identity Term:
Expressing or identifying gender in a way outside of or beyond cultural or societal expectations for gender expression. An umbrella term encompassing other terms like “genderqueer” and “genderfluid.”
Gender nonconforming
Name the Gender Identity Term:
A person who does not exclusively identify as one of the two genders on the gender binary, male or female
Non-binary
Name the Gender Identity Term:
Identifying with multiple genders
Polygender
Name the Gender Identity Term:
A term used by Indigenous groups for someone who
possess the qualities and spirit of multiple genders
Two-Spirit
The act of imposing or enforcing normative gender
expressions on an individual who is perceived as not adequately performing these via their appearance, behaviour, or the sex that was assigned to them at birth
Gender Policing
What does gender policing aim to do?
Aims to:
+ Uphold traditional gender roles and control gender expression
+ Keep people in line with the sex/gender binary
Gender policing comes in three different forms
Microaggressions
Verbal harassment
Physical violence
What is The Sex/Gender Binary?
The belief that sex is binary (i.e., man or woman) and that our sex determines our gender.
An umbrella term that describes bodies that fall outside of the
strict male/female binary
Used to describe a variety of situations where an individual is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit into the male/female binary
Intersex
What is Third sex/gender?
An umbrella term for people across various cultures who go outside usual (normative) sex and gender boundaries
What are the 5 steps/stages of the social construction of gender?
- Gender is assigned based on sex category/genitalia at birth
- Babies are named, dressed, and presented in gender-
specific ways (the colour pink, dresses, and dolls for girls/the colour blue, pants, and trucks for boys) - As children grow up, each gender is socialized differently, and children learn to behave/act accordingly
- In adolescence, sexual feelings/desires are often shaped by gendered norms and expectations
- In adulthood, gender norms and expectations shape views on education, work, parenting, etc.
Define sexual orientation
The attraction one has to others based on one’s sex and/or gender in
relation to another’s sex and/or gender
Where is Patriarchy derived from?
Patriarchy is derived from patriarch in Greek as “rule of the father” within the family.
A “rule of men over women” or a structure where men are valued more highly than women.
Patriarchy
Define feminism
Feminism is a social movement, an ideology, a worldview, and a theoretical perspective
“Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression”
Feminism refers ”to all those who seek, no matter on what grounds, to end women’s subordination”
“An awareness of women’s oppression and exploitation in society, at work and within the family, and conscious action by women and men to change this situation”
“Anyone who recognises the existence of sexism (discrimination on the basis of gender), male domination and patriarchy and who takes some action against is, is a feminist”
Feminism means different things to different people and its conceptualization has been shaped by diversity and plurality
True or False: All women identify as Feminist
False
True or False: Women and Men must identify as feminists if they support feminist ideas.
False. Women and men can support feminist ideas but not identify as feminist.
What are four common misconceptions about Feminism?
Feminists are:
“anti-men”
“man-haters”
“unattractive”
seeking special rights
Prejudice or discrimination based on sex or gender, especially against women and girls
Sexism
When did sexism as a term emerge?
From the “second-wave” feminism
The concept is that the genders are separate, with different roles, but equal. In this concept, neither men’s nor women’s work is held to be of higher value – for in the end, it’s believed that all genders are working towards the better good of society as a whole.
Gender parallelism