Gender Difference Flashcards
Terms and concept
Gender difference
Fundamental differences of men and women, in terms of consequences between genders
Theories of Cultural Difference
From school of thought, it is the different characteristics of men and women have and using female character to which men don’t have
Simone De Beauvoir’s Second Sex
What it means to be a woman given by men
Existentialism
Purpose of meaning and process of Creation that one is born with but as result of choice
History of Second sex
Attitudes towards women’s change with time, that are influenced by larger society
The male gaze
Women we’re objectified by pleasure of men, which they are subjects and women are objects
Patriarchal society
Female experiences take on the meaning of being burdened and disadvantaged
Pre-adolescence to Adolescene
Women are same in experience, including men
Adolescence
Women view their bodies differently and negatively as a burden
Sexual intercourse
Traumatic even in women’s life due to the pain and fantasy that they were not trained for
Pregnancy
Best phase as they escape male gaze and not care about their body
Old Age
Women look at their bodies negatively and hate how it looks