psych 300-Chapter 1: Paving the Way

Question 1

Andocentric

Answer 1

male-centered. women compared to a male “normative”

Question 2

Seneca Falls Declaration of 1848

Answer 2

rejected the idea of female inferiority

Question 3

19th amendment

Answer 3

women won the right to vote

Question 4

APA Division 35

Answer 4

Society for the Psychology of Women

Question 5

Third Wave Feminists

Answer 5

focuses less on individual issues and more on social activism such as : equal pay, ending sexualized violence and women’s and teen’s reproductiev freedom

Question 6

Mary Calkins (1863-1930)

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denied a phd from Harvard because she was a women. she is an example of “historical marginalization”

Question 7

liberal feminism

Answer 7

women are entitled to full legal and social equality. favors moderate changes in laws, customs and cultural values to achieve the goal of equality

Question 8

radical feminism

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feels male control and domination of women as the most fundamental form of oppression. favors radical and legal changes to achieve equality.
ex: research on violence against women and girls

Question 9

womanism or women of color feminism

Answer 9

experiences of women of color are more central; sees men of color as also oppressed by effects of racism and addressing both is important to ending sexism.
ex: strengths-based perspective and looks at systems of equality across gender, race/ethnicity, social class and ability

Question 10

cultural feminism

Answer 10

emphases differences between men and women, including gender differences in values and social behaviors.
-recognizes historical devaluing of girls and women, including missing recognition of contributions

Question 11

global feminism

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feminism as a global social movement.

• focuses on how prejudice and discrimination against women are related across cultures
• recognizes how oppression is connected to systems of neo-colonialism and global capitalism

Question 12

feminism

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a movement to end sexism and sexist oppression (hooks,1984)

Question 13

feminist

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a person who believes women are valuable and social change to benefit women is needed

Question 14

pro-feminist

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a man holding values prescribed as feminist, recognizing women’s leadership in social change activism

Question 15

sex

Answer 15

A grouping label based upon biology, genetics & genital presentation. An activity!

Question 16

race

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Social/cultural grouping label & construct based on skin pigmentation.
Social grouping label, based on continent of origin
Meaningless for cultures, not valuing skin pigmentation

For example, a “black woman” in an African continent country (being in the racial majority/dominant group), and who has not experienced white racism, does not think of herself as black; certainly, not in the same manner as black women in the United States where racism results in differential treatment.
As the same woman likely has had different experiences than men, she may think of herself as a woman, in response to being treated differently than men. (Johnson, 2001)

Question 17

ethnicity

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A grouping label based upon “tribal” or group affiliation

Question 18

gender

Answer 18

A social/cultural construction of how people identify psychologically; sometimes based upon biological sex, sometimes based upon psychological preferences
(Johnson, 2001)

Question 19

culture

Answer 19

Shared experiences, knowledge, beliefs, values and ideals (Jones, 1988)
How they do things “where you come from” (White, 1988)

Question 20

making a difference

Answer 20

showcases working socially towards a more feminist cultural idea