Gender and Sexuality Flashcards

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Essentialist approach to gender

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two opposite sexes, inborn and stable

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Bio-fundamentalist

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two opposite sexes, inborn and stable and gender identities are contructed based on sex

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Constructionist approach

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both sex and gender are socially constructed

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Sex

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physical or physiological differences between males or females

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5
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Intersexed (DSD)

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physical sex characteristics that fall outside male/female binary

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6
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Bio-fundamentalist gender

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social or cultural distinctions based on sex

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Bio-fundamentalist gender identity

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the extent to which one identifies as masculine or feminine

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Binary construction

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a phenomenon can be placed in one of two mutually exclusive categories

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Two-spirited

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indigenous cultures, both male and female cultures

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10
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Cisgender

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gender identity corresponds to birth sex

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Transgender

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uncomfortable with birth gender and do not fit under normative constructions

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12
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gender non-conforming people

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outside gender binary

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13
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constructionist approach

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gender social practices at all levels

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sexuality:

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capacity for sexual feelings, social system aimed at regulation of human behaviour

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15
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patriarchy

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set of institutional structures, men and women are dichotomous and unequal categories

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Gender socialization

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people act according to social norms of gender

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Gender roles

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behaviours that conform to widely shared expectations of how members are supposed to act

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18
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Hegemonic Masculinity

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men strive for masculinity

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Emphasized femininity

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woman compliance to with subordination to men

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Gender Discrimnation in work

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women paid less because family obligations will affect work

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Gender Segregation of labour

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women limited to pink collar occupations and their work is undervalued

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Glass ceiling:

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intangible barriers that prevent women from getting positions of power

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Glass escalator:

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intangible barriers that allow men to reach positions of power

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sexism

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subordination of female and superiority of male

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battered woman

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repeatedly assaulted

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gaslighting

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abuser makes victim question their own reality and sanity

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Quid pro quo

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sexual harassment in return for employment

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hostile environment sexual harrasment

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sexual jokes, comments and touching creating unfriendly work environment

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Parsons view on men and women

structural functionalism

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men responsible for instrumental tasks and women are responsible for expressive tasks in internal world

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Goffman views (symbolism interactionist)

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gender displays are based off codes of gender

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Karl Marx view on gender

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both genders are victims of capitalism but women are also victims of gender oppression

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Social feminists

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patriarchy derives the power from capitalistic or economic means

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feminism

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gender differences are socially constructed

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contemporary feminism

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inequality as related to other social axes

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Intersectionality

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individuals social locations will have unique disadvantages

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Liberal Feminism

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securing equal rights for all phases of public life

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Socialist feminism

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if capitalism is overthrown and private property eliminated, female subordination would end

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Cultural feminism

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men and women are different, the world currently runs on mens values but should run on women’s values

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Standpoint theory

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dominant groups see the world from dominated people (see it as more privileged)

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Relations of Ruling

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coordinate everyday work of administration

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Constructionism

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gender is repeated behaviour

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Performativity

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gender is socially constructed then acted out

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Homophobia

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fear/hatred of homosexual and transgender people an communities

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LGBTQ+

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umbrella name for the community

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Heteronormativity

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assumption that heterosexuality is normal

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Heterosexism

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privilege heterosexuality

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Cis-normativity

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assumption that all individuals are cisgendered and their documented sex, gender performance, and gender identity are the same