Feminism

Question 1

How many women experience domestic violence worldwide?

Answer 1

26%

Question 2

% of female parliamentarians worldwide

Answer 2

26.2%

Question 3

% of managerial positions

Answer 3

28.3%

Question 4

% difference in salaries in UK

Answer 4

Women earn 40% less than their male counterparts, increases with higher education

Question 5

Hrs of unpaid work

Answer 5

1.8 hrs more than men

Question 6

How many women are restricted with what work they can do?

Answer 6

2.4 billion

Question 7

Sex

Answer 7

Historically divided into ‘male’ and ‘female’

Question 8

% of worlds population that are intersex

Answer 8

1.7%

If sex was as simple as ‘male’ or ‘female’ then why would doctors need t

Question 9

Gender

Answer 9

Refers to social roles generally associated with ‘m’ and ‘f’

Question 10

Stereotypes of men

Answer 10

breadwinner, politics, military

Question 11

Stereotypes of women

Answer 11

domestic labour, childrearing

Question 12

Socially constructed

Answer 12

Gendered roles are not biological, simply socially constructed.
Many people choose to, or cannot, take on the roles that map onto their birth sex

Question 13

Patriarchy

Answer 13

A system in which men control most of the posititons of power & authority

Question 14

Heteronormativity

Answer 14

Dominance of the idea that heterosexual relationships are the norm and measures all other relationships/identities against that norm

Question 15

What is heteronormativity central to?

Answer 15

conservative & nationalist discourse

Question 16

Intersectionality

Answer 16

The idea that people experience multiple intersecting oppressions

Question 17

Not simple

Answer 17

not as simple as all men more priviledged, in many contexts, a white woman may be more priviledged than a black man

Question 18

Current intersectionality

Answer 18

Used as an analysis of how many people experience gender as intersecting with other identities