Unit 3 Exam - Definitions Flashcards
masculine nationalisms
(hint: socially construsted)
where masculinity is socially constructed in and through different types of national spaces and practices
national masculinisms
(hint: characteristics define)
where particular characteristics or significations of nationality define masculinity.
Ideal victim vs bad victim
a victim that the public can relate to and generate fear.
bad victim typically portrays a demonized woman who likely has been accused of alcohol and drug abuse, sexual promiscuity, and dressing provocatively.
the battered mother’s dilemma
the choice many victims are forced to make between their own safety and the safety of their children.
Intimate partner violence
threat of, and actual, physical, sexual, psychological, or verbal abuse by a current or former spouse or non-marital partner
as well as coercion, or the arbitrary deprivation of liberty that can occur in public or private life.
Ecosystemic frameworks
(…reveal what?..in context of what?)
reveal how people and their environments are understood in the context of their continuous and reciprocal relationships.
ontogenic
(related to partner violence)
individual history of the partners.
micro-systemic
the family setting in which the abuse occurs.
meso-systemic
the social networks in which the family participates.
macro-systemic
the culture and society-at-large.
sovereign deaths
deaths that secure the racial hierarchy of Canadian politics
Sexual politics
requires that we broaden our analysis of gendered power relationships to include queer workers as well as straight and cisgender women.
Power
the capacity to take action in the face of resistance, through force if necessary
(ex. Military)
Authority
the ability to take action based on a person’s achieved or ascribed status or moral reputation.
(ex. Police, teachers)
Influence
the ability to achieve a desired end by exerting social or moral pressure on someone or some group.
(ex. Peer pressure)
Population aging
rapid growth of the population age 60 and older.
What are politics & what does it highlight?
the organized use of public power, as opposed to the more private politics of family & domestic groups.
This highlights the individual dimension of politics.
Political Community
the most inclusive aggregate of persons who identify with each other as a group and are prepared to regulate their differences by accepting decisions made in accordance with shared political rules and organization.
Political organization
part of the total social organization that is concerned with maintaining order within a territorial framework by the organized exercises of coercive power which can imply the threat of physical force.
sex-disaggregate (your data)
Collect data and then separate by sex to see if theres a difference
