Intro To Women And Gender Studies

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Backlash

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a strong and adverse reaction by a large number of people, esp. to a social or political development.

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Black Feminism

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Black feminism argues that sexism, class oppression, and racism are inextricably bound together. The way these relate to each other is called intersectionality.

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Chicana Feminism

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Chicana feminism, also called Xicanisma, is a group of social theories that analyze the historical, social, political, and economic roles of Mexican American, Chicana, and Hispanic women in the United States.

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Asian American Feminism

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Asian American feminism is a political hybrid linking very different cultures

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Consciousness-Raising

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is a form of political activism, popularized by United States feminists in the late 1960s. It often takes the form of a group of people attempting to focus the attention of a wider group of people on some cause or condition.

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Dehumanization

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To deprive of human qualities such as individuality, compassion, or civility

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Feminism

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is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women.[1][2] This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A feminist advocates or supports the rights and equality of women.[3]

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Gender

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Gender is the range of physical, mental and behavioral characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity

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Heterosexism

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is a system of attitudes, bias, and discrimination in favor of opposite-sex sexuality and relationships.[1] It can include the presumption that other people are heterosexual or that opposite-sex attractions and relationships are the only norm[2] and therefore superior.

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Homophobia

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Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). It can be expressed as antipathy, contempt, prejudice, aversion, or hatred, may be based on irrational fear, and is sometimes related to religious beliefs

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Intersectionality

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is the study of intersections between different disenfranchised groups or groups of minorities; specifically, the study of the interactions of multiple systems of oppression or discrimination.

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*Lesbian Baiting

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When the media or individuals presume and publicize that a woman without a male partner or who enjoys the company of other women is a lesbian.

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Machismo

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meaning of a belief in the supremacy of men over women

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Oppression

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prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.

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Patriarchy

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a social system in which the male is the primary authority figure central to social organization and the central roles of political leadership, moral authority, and control of property, and where fathers hold authority over women and children

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Privilege

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a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people.

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Racism

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generally defined as actions, practices, or beliefs that consider the human species to be divided into races with shared traits, abilities, or qualities, such as personality, intellect, morality, or other cultural behavioral characteristics, and especially the belief that races can be ranked as inherently superior or inferior to others, or that members of different races should be treated differently.

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Radical

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very new and different from what is traditional or ordinary

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Sexism

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prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex.

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Sexuality

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complex and spans a vast array of human experiences including family relationships, dating, sexual behavior, physical development, sensuality, sexualization, reproduction, gender, body image and more.

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Tokenism

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the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, esp. by recruiting a small number of people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of sexual or racial equality within a workforce.

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Transphobia

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a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards transsexualism and transsexual or transgender people, based on the expression of their internal gender identity