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Lesson 1: Feminism Flashcards

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Biological identification of a person

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Sex

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Socio-Cultural Identity of a person

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Gender

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this refers to Gender norms / roles

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Gender Discrimination

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What is the primary concern of Feminism?

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Women Oppression

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Primary Goal of Feminism

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Equality of Men and Women

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Women oppression strengthened by a system wherein the eldest male heads a society or a government

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Patriarchy / Patriarchal Structure

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In this system, both men and women can head a society or a government

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Matriarchal

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It is a social divide that establishes that there are perceived roles for men and women. It supports gender inequality

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Gender Ideology

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This is the actualization or realization of gender ideology

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Gender Inequality

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4 Basic Principles of Feminism

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  1. Working to increase equality
  2. Expanding human choice
  3. Eliminating gender stratification
  4. Ending Sexual Violence and promoting sexual freedom
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4 Main types of Feminist Theory

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  1. Gender Differences
  2. Gender Inequality
  3. Gender Oppression
  4. Structural Oppression
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This examines how women’s location in, and experience of social situations differ from men

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Gender Differences

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This recognize that Women’s location and experience of social situation are not different but also unequal to men

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Gender Inequality

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They argue that women have the same capacity as men for moral reasoning and agency, but the patriarchy has historically denied women the opportunity to express and practice this reasoning

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Liberal Feminists

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This states that not only are women different or unequal to men, but that they are actively oppressed, subordinated, and even abused by men.

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Gender Oppression

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It is the key variable in the two main of gender oppression: Psychoanalytic feminism and radical feminism

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Power

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They attempt to explain power relations between men and women by reformulating Freud’s theories of the unconscious and subconscious, human emotions, and childhood development.

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Psychoanalytic Feminist

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They argue that being a woman is a positive thing in and of itself, but that this is not acknowledged in patriarchal societies where women are oppressed.

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Radical Feminists

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This states that Women’s oppression and inequality are a result of capitalism, patriarchy, and racism.

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Structural Oppression

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3 Types of Feminism

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Radical Feminism
Liberal Feminism
Marxist Feminism

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Society must be changed at its core in order to dissolve patriarchy, not just through acts of legislation

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Radical Feminism

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2 Types of Radical Feminism

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Radical-Libertarian Feminism
Radical-Cultural Feminism

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Femininity and reproduction limit women’s capacity to contribute to society
Believes that women should control every aspect of their sexuality, and are advocates of artificial means of reproduction and are strong promoters of abortions contraceptives etc.

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Radical-Libertarian Feminism

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Womed should encompass their femininity because it is better than masculinity. Mary Daly advocates finding the “wild female within”. This type of radical feminist sees sex and penetration as male-dominated

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Radical-Cultural Feminism

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Followed existing liberal thought and its logic of individual rationality, the public-private distinction, and the reformability of institutions

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Liberal Feminism

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Built on the tenets of Marxism particularly on the critique of how women’s oppression was functional and necessary to the development and capitalism

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Marxist Feminism

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Waves of Feminism

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19th and Early 20th Centuries
1960s up to the 1990s
Late 1980s and continues until today

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This wave challenged the legal issues concerning women
Women also first voted in America during the 1920s and advocated their right to choose their own profession

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19th and early 20th centuries

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this wave is born out of civil rights’ movement
Tried to address sexual equality and reproductive rights
Encompassed women of all economic classes, races, and nationalities
Distinguished sex (biological) from gender (social construct)
saw “feminine” objects such as bras, lipsticks, and high heels as forms of male oppression and an objectification of women

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1960s up to the 1990s

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This wave does not consider “feminine” objects as artifacts of male oppression, but as a tool to enrich their femininity

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1980s and continues until today

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English Writer
Feminist philosopher
Women’s advocate who raised her voice for gender equality
Advocated that the human rights written by John Locke also be accorded to women

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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American Suffragist
Feminist
Women’s rights activist
Main leader and strategist of the 1910s campaign for the 19th Amendment to the UU.S. Constitution which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote

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Alice Paul

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One of the most important women in the early 20th century America
President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association twice

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Carrie Clinton Lane

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Betty Friedan
Activist, Writer
Co-founded the National Organization for Women (Now) in 1966 and served as its president for 4 years

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Betty Friedan

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A crusader against racial discrimination and gender inequality
First African woman to win a lawsuit

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Isabella Baumfree

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One of the foremost leaders of the American Suffragist Movement and the anti-slavery movement
Women’s Loya National League
Voted in the presidential election of 1872
First real woman to be depicted on a U.S. Coin

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Susan Brownell Anthony

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American orator, abolitionist, and suffragist, and a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women
First women from Massachusetts to earn a college degree

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Lucy Stone

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One paradox She pointed out was the rise off two feminist ideologies - human feminism and female feminism

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Nancy Cott

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Argues for equal treatment of women and disapproves discrimination based on sex

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Human Feminism

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Argues solidarity among women and acknowledges that there are differences in human capacities that are based on sex

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Female Feminism

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Used poetry to bring light on the oppression of women and lesbians in society
Defined how heterosexuality becomes an alienating and oppressing concept that only leads to the establishment of male dominance over women

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Adrienne Rich

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Proposed the Theory of Gender Performativity

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Judith Butlller

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is a theory on the creation of gender like how theatrical actors create roles identifiable to audiences

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Theory of Gender Performativity

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Her work studies feminism from the perspective of a black woman

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Patricia Hill Collins

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American Novelist, Philosopher, Playwright
Objectivism
Living for one’s own sake without sacrificing himself or herself for another, or others sacrificing for him/her

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Ayn Randd

46
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Is anti-Feminist movement already present since the first wave of feminism?
True or False

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True

47
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Divorce must be considered taboo due to traditional values, beliefs, and established religious norms be upheld
True or False

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True

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Feminists see feminism as an attempt to make women’s right and power more that or in the suppression of men
True or False

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True

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