Test 1 Flashcards
gender role
socially constructed, historically and culturally grounded group of behavioural and psychological characteristics expected of women (femininity) and men ( mesculinity)
sex
biological characteristics designated male and female (chromosomes, anatomy, hormones)
Gender identity
the sense of belonging to a gendered category
girls play ____ and boys play _____
passive roles and active roles
what is the bechdel test?
the test where another women does talk to another man or about another man and has a lead role for the whole movie
social structure
enduring patterns in the organization of society
who said “Women have consistently been paid less than their peers, earning about 81 cents to every $1 of a man’s wage
Conley
Priviledge
Unearned advantage as a result of membership in a social group
Oppression
A system that maintains privilege and disadvantage based on social group memberships (gender, race, sexual orientation)
Sexism
is a system of oppression based on gender
Gender Binary
idea that there are only two types of people- male bodies who are masculine, and female bodies who are feminine.
Ideology
set of ideas widely shared by members of a society that guides identities, behaviors, and institutions
Gender non-conforming
general term for people who express their gender in ways that differs from gender role expectations
Transgender
Term for people whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth
Cisgender
Term for people whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth
