Lesson 5

Question 1

Stereotype

Answer 1

Mental shortcut that helps people organize and understand incoming information
Not inherently “bad”

Question 2

Gender stereotypes

Answer 2

Groups of gender schema that are shared by many people
Women are shorter, “bitchy” when menstruating
Inaccurate, over-generalized, or misogynistic stereotypes can be harmful

Question 3

Objectification

Answer 3

The treatment or perception of a person as an object rather than as an individual

Question 4

Self-objecification

Answer 4

Women and girls learn to think about themselves as objects
Women view themselves as if from the outside, with great concern about how they appear and less concern with how they feel

Question 5

Embodied experiences

Answer 5

Experiencing the world inside one’s own skin, in the moment, as opposed to looking at oneself as if from afar
Ex: feeling warm sand under feet, enjoying flavor of a peach, etc.

Question 6

Male gaze

Answer 6

How women are typically viewed from the male perspective
Evident in mass media, particularly films and television
Often downward gaze, display of breasts and nudity

Question 7

Face-ism

Answer 7

Form of objectification
Images of men are significantly more likely to be focused on faces, while those of women likely to be focused on her body
Sends message that women are less valuable and interesting

Question 8

Faux lesbianism

Answer 8

Occurs when two or more women engage in sexually suggestive or explicit behaviors with one another for the purpose of entertaining or pleasuring men
Women not acting on own desires or pleasure

Question 9

Canting

Answer 9

Presenting women in strange, contorted, and uncomfortable looking positions
Send messages of submissiveness, low status, and masochism

Question 10

Double standard of aging

Answer 10

Older men are represented as powerful, wise, and attractive.

Older women are largely invisible in the media

Question 11

Pornography

Answer 11

Refers to audio, visual, or written materials that combine sex with degradation or violence (typically against women).
Almost exclusively portrayed through the male gaze
Focus on male pleasure

Question 12

Rape myths

Answer 12

Socially propagated beliefs about female-male relations that make rape seem unimportant or even acceptable

Question 13

Erotica

Answer 13

Refers to materials that contain nudity or consensual acts of sexuality and are designed to elicit sexual arousal
Less damaging than pornography