vocab Flashcards
(26 cards)
late 1960-mid 80’s that campaigned for woman’s equality in all spheres of life.
second wave feminism
organizations and projects untaken by suffragist and woman rights advocates from 1830-1920
first wave feminism
1990’s often by younger women with emphasis on personal voice and multiple Identies, intersectionality, ambiguity, and contradiction
third wave feminism
issues seen from a personal or individual perspective
micro level
issues individuals and groups as viewed from a community or local perspective
meso level
issues individuals and groups seen from a national institutional perspective
marco level
issues individuals and groups seen from a world wide perspective
global level
differential treatment against less powerful groups, by those of dominance
discrimination
ideology
ideas attitudes and values that represent the interest of a group of people. the dominant comprise the ideas, attitudes, and values that represent the interest of the dominant groups.
ideology
attitudes and behaviors that relegate certain people to the social, political, and economic margins of society by branding them and their interests as inferior unimportant or both
marginalization
attitudes actions and institutional practices that subordinate people on the basis of their gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender orientation and identification
heterosexism
attitudes actions and institutional practices that subordinate individuals because of their gender
sexism
racial prejudice and discrimination that are supported by institutional power and authority.
racism
attitudes and behaviors by which people are treated as if they were “things”
objectification
the process of turning people into things, or commodities, for sale. example is the commodification of woman’s bodies through advertising and media representation
commodification
a perspective that links health and reproductive rights to broader issues of social and economic justice. it offers view of wellness for individuals communities and the wider society based on eradication of inequality oppression and justice
reproductivejustice
the belief that the human race can be “improved” through selective breeding; linked to racism and able-bodyism
eugenics
he roles and behaviors considered culturally appropriate for women or man.
GENDER ROLES
a division of duties between men and women under which women have the main responsibility for home and nurturing and the men are mainly active in the public sphere
gendered division of labor
responsibilities for household chores and child care mostly by women after having already done a fulls days work outside the home
second shift
contemporary form of cultural and economic integration facilitated by electronic media, international financial institutions trade agreements, and national immigration policies.
globalization
(Convention on the Elimination of all form of Discrimination Against Women) it defines what constitutes against discrimination against woman
CEDAW
(Violence Against Women Act) was signed into law as part of the Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
Authorized funds for battered women’s shelters and community initiatives
VAWA
Economic, political, and cultural domination by which a nation maintains or extends its control and influence over other nations, creating new forms of colonialism
Neocolonialism
