Wgs 255 Final Exam Terms And Concepts

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Agency

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who has the power to make things happen

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Amplification

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images/messages that are over produced

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Androcentric

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male-centered

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Assimilation

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Process by which culturally different groups subordinate differences, expand similarities, become fused; one set of trait is relinquished and a new set is acquired

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Body image

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The subjective/mental picture of one's own body

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Conspicuous Consumption

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buying to prove that you can buy, flashy purchasing nonsense just so that people can see you have a lot of stuff and money with which to buy it

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Content

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Cultural Appropriation

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dominant culture takes aspects of a marginalized one, these things are considered bad for the marginalized culture, but considered cool, interesting, trendy or beautiful for the dominant one

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Empowerment

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Emphasized femininity

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subordination of women in every way, soft, demure, sexually open but not promiscuous, etc.

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Enlightened sexism

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when people believe that we are past sexism and that since that is the case, blatant sexist behavior or words are no longer harmful

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Frankenbiting

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a method used in reality tv where clips are mashed together, sometimes filmed days, weeks or months apart, to make a person seem like they are saying something

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Gender

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socially constructed traits of masculinity and femininity; is situational and not fixed

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Hegemonic Masculinity

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the dominant masculinity, characterized by aggression, empowerment of men, a masculine perspective, gender stereotypes and heteronormativity

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Heteronormativity

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belief that people fall into distinct and complementary genders, emphasis on heterosexuality as the only way; instituations, sturctures and belief systems that privilege heterosexuality, while making it appear normal and inevitable

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Heterosexual Privilege

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The privilege the people get just for being attracted to the opposite gender

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Homophobia

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The fear/hatred of homosexuals

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Hyper-sexuality

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How women are often portrayed in the media, with and emphasis on sexuality above all else

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Infantilization

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treat someone as a child

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Intersectionality

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looking at the intersection of race, class, gender, ability, age, etc.

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Invisibility

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Not having representation or having so little and of only one stereotype that there is basically no representation

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Male Gaze

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How advertisements and whatnot are shown to us through how a male would see, particularly women are viewed how men view them

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Media literacy

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being literate about media, knowing what you are seeing and how you are seeing it, including the methods used to edit the material

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Media logic

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the degree to which users fail to realize how media influences them

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Meritocracy

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a system based on worth and how well you do is directly related to how hard you work, not the system in America; ignores the system of oppression

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Misogyny

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the hatred of women

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Objectification

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treating someone like a something, disregarding humanity, emotions, personal choice

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Oppositional Reading

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A text that offers an opposing view to the traditional ways of things; ex: Lela in Teen Beach, she shows that women can be strong and independent and still be happy

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Parasocial relationship theory

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one-sided relationship where one party know a great deal but the other does not

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Pinkwashing

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Using the guilt of breast cancer to get people to buy products that have nothing to with/do not support breast cancer research

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Polygamy

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Having more than one wife

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Pop Culture

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everyday objects, actions, events that show society what is good/bad, appropriate/innapropriate

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Preferred Reading

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A text that reinforced stereotypes already in place

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Princess Narrative

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The story line that goes: beautiful, white woman is helpless, is saved by strong, white, rich prince, they fall in love at first sight and marry quickly, which is the happiest day of the princess's life

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Production

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Queer Theory

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Examines sexual identities and activities that hegemony labels "normal";Identities are not fixed and we are more than our bodies/orientations

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Reduction

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When images/ideas are not shown at all or shown very little

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Refracted gaze

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Looking at yourself as others see you, in a flawed surveillance way

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Representation

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How people/groups of people are displayed to the rest of society

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Schadenfreude

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taking pleasure in the misfortune of others

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Sexual Object

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The person becomes literally on object to be consumed

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Sexual Subject

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The person has agency and make decisions/has input in the relationship

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Social Learning Theory

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People learn by observing others

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Subordination

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being placed below someone/something else

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Surveillance

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constant watching and judging of a subject, reality tv related

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"To-be-looked-at-ness"

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Laura Mulvey; women in media possess this, while viewers and men get to be the ones looking

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Visual Pleasure Theory

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Laura Mulvey; the ideas of the male gaze, "to-be-looked-at-ness"

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Wage Gap

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White, middle class women women make 78 cents for every dollar men make.

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White Gaze

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Looking at the world through a white person's eyes, taking in all of the privilege they have and ignoring all of the marginalized experiences of others