Womens Studies Midterm 1 Flashcards

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What is Feminism?

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A point of view that puts womens experiences in center and celebrates their struggles and accomplishments

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What is Androcenrism?

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Typically means Male-centerd

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Define Patriarchy?

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A system where men dominate because power and authority are concentrated in the hands of men

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First Wave Feminism

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Centered around securing the right of women to vote

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Second Wave Feminism

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Starts with the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Third Wave Feminism

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Feminists what have taken for granted the gains obtained via second wave feminism

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Liberal Feminism

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Problem: Barriers and laws prevent women from recognizing equality with men
Solution: Equal representation, opportunity, and removal of barriers to create equality

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Radical Feminism

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Problem: Patriarchy is institutionalized into all aspects of life, especially at the personal level; biological differences make women essentially different from men
Solution: Transformed world where femaleness and feminine values are celebrated

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Privelage

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advantages people have by virtue of their status or position in society

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Power

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The ability to make choices or influence outcomes

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Third Wave Feminism

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Feminists what have taken for granted the gains obtained via second wave feminism

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Liberal Feminism

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Problem: Barriers and laws prevent women from recognizing equality with men
Solution: Equal representation, opportunity, and removal of barriers to create equality

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Radical Feminism

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Problem: Patriarchy is institutionalized into all aspects of life, especially at the personal level; biological differences make women essentially different from men
Solution: Transformed world where femaleness and feminine values are celebrated

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Privelage

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advantages people have by virtue of their status or position in society

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Power

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The ability to make choices or influence outcomes

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Institutions:

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social organizations that involve established patterns of behavior around particular purposes

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Idealogies

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the dominant ideas, valuesm beliefs, jokes, prejudices, stereotypes in society

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Hate crimes

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crimes against a person because they belong to a specific social group

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sexual terrorism

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The threat of rape or physical assault

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Confluence

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Considering oppression as the blending of multiple forms of identity (our oppressions are equally important)

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Empathy

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The ability to identify with and understand another persons feelings or difficulties

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Gender

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The social and cultural interpretation of sexual difference

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Androgyny

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a lack of gender difference or a blending of both femininity and masculinity

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Transgendered

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pushing against the boundaries of gender and transforming traditional gender performances

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Misogyny

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contempt for hatred of women

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what are sexual scripts?

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frameworks and guidelines for sexual feelings and behaviors

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what are sexual self schemas?

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Identities or cognitive generalizations about sexual aspects of the self

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sexual identities

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A person's attraction to/preference for people of a given sex....an individual's romantic/sexual/erotic identity and behavior towards others

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queer

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used as a source of positive identity and pride