Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
9 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What is Women/Gender Studies?
|
• An interdisciplinary academic discipline
• A field of inquiry • A critical perspective • One that explores the way’s one’s gender affects one’s life and how gender helps to construct identity • A process of increasing awareness |
|
|
Patriarchy
|
An institutionalized form of male dominance
|
|
|
Androcentric
|
Male centered. A system whereby everything male becomes the standard, the norm.
|
|
|
Sex
|
Biological, determined by one’s chromosomes (XX or XY)
|
|
|
What is gender?
|
socially defined character traits of femininity and masculinity learned through the socialization process.
|
|
|
Anne Fausto-Sterling theorizes that there are at least 5 sexes
|
1. female
2. male The last 3 categories are considered “Intersexed” 3. hermaphrodite 4. male pseudo hermaphrodite (‘merm”/ Y chromosome) 5. female pseudo hermaphrodite (“ferm” XX)) |
|
|
Representations of Femininity Highlight
|
• Beauty
• Size/ physique • Sexuality • Emotional dealings • relationships |
|
|
Images of women:
|
• Women are most often represented in terms of their bodies
• Women are more often evaluated on the basis of physical appearance and attractiveness • Women’s appearance is more closely scrutinized and held to higher standards • Women who are not considered feminine, especially older women and disabled women are frequently not represented at all • Madonna/ Whore dichotomy |
|
|
Stereotypes
|
generalized perceptions about a group
|
