Test 1 Flashcards
(32 cards)
First wave feminism
o Seneca Falls Declaration of the 1848 through 1920s
Married people are legally one person (therefore men owned everything that a married women would have)
Second wave feminism
cared deeply about exposing and overcoming the casual, systemic racism present in society
Third wave feminism
focused on tackling problems that still existed, including sexual harassment in the workplace and a shortage of women in positions of power
Intersectionality
the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
Liberal Feminism
belief that women are entitled to full legal and social equality with men
Topics of scholarship
structure of the gendered social order (e.g., how people react to out of norm behavior, discrimination at work, results of structural inequalities)
Socialist Feminism
links gender oppression with capitalism
- Factors such as class, gender, and race influence the accumulation of wealth and affect the perceived value of what a person does
Myth of meritocracy
the perception that economic mobility is easily attainable through hard work
o E.g, gendered division of labor, financial burden of living as a girl/woman, pink tax
Radical feminism
oppression is the one thing that all women have in common
Separatism
women can escape patriarchy only by creating their own woman-only communities
Lesbian feminism
focuses on sexuality and reproduction as a central place of oppression
Compulsory heterosexuality
the idea that sexual preferences are formed through the social ideal of heterosexuality
Cultural Feminism
Views women’s inequality as related to a lack of value placed on the unique experiences, perspective, and qualities of women
Gender essentialism
the idea that women and men are fundamentally different because of deep and unchanging properties that are generally due to biology or genetics
Women of Color Feminism
sees women’s inequality as deeply linked to White supremacy
Queer Feminism
inequality is related to the ways in which categories of woman and man have been constructed, studied, and used to organize society
Postcolonial/Transnational Feminism
connects women’s inequality to the legacy of colonialism
- Critiques the belief that women in Western countries are the most liberated in the world
Third World Feminism
feminism should not focus on commonalities among:
o Feminism should address issues from multiples perspectives and not assume a unified position
o Careful not to objectify women of different cultures
o Don’t push solutions
Post feminism
idea that the women’s movement has reached its goal and feminism is no longer needed
neurosexism
claiming that there are biological differences between men and women in order to justify sexist regards
similarities perspective
idea that men and women are more similar than different
biopsychological model
biology, psychological and social factors all interact
differences perspective
view men and women as different and women should be respected for their unique qualities
strategic essentialism
A political tactic employed by a minority group acting on the basis of a shared identity in the public arena in the interests of unity during a struggle for equal rights.
