Gender and Society Flashcards
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Sexism
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Discriminating against a particular gender, usually found to be against women.
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Patriarchy
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A society where men are dominant and have more power (usually structurally) than women.
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Ephesians 5:22-33
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One of Paul’s texts giving instructions for households. Often used to suggest that wives are inferior to their husbands but argued by some to require at least as much from the man as the woman.
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Mulieris Dignitatem 18-19
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1988 text by Pope John Paul II – ‘On the dignity of women’. The extract for study explores motherhood and parenthood and celebrates the place of women, mothers and family life.
