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Intersectionality

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The study of intersections between dominance, oppression or discrimination
(Gender, sex, class, geological region)

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Ambiguity

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The state of having multiple meanings, uncertainty in language, could be contradictory

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Ambivalence

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The state of having contradictory or mixed feelings about something
-love & hate relationship

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Naturalization

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To adopt something foreign into general use

-when a social arrangement comes to be seen as natural or biological

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Essentialism

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The assumption that we have certain traits based on our sex

  • ones ‘essence’
  • stands for only 2 genders, women are weak, men strong
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liberal feminism

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focuses on women’s ability to maintain their equality through their own actions and choices
-focuses on legal & political change

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structural oppression

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oppression built into our system, we don’t go after individuals, we go after groups

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privilege

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unearned benefits from being part of a certain group

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ideology

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a persuasive belief system that structures our understanding of reality
-linked to naturalization

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socialist feminisim

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links women’s liberation with overthrowing capitalism

-mainly transforming or getting rid of it

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radical feminism

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maintains the idea that all oppression comes from the sex-gender system

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biological determinism

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your biology determines who you are

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dichotomy

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division into 2

-fundamentally different (like black & white)

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physiognomy

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analyzing outside appearance, tells what kind of person you are
ex) slope of forehead could identify if you were a criminal or not

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phrenology

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measurement of the human skull (not brain)