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GSWS midterm part 1 (1st wave feminism (19th & early 20th century,…
GSWS midterm part 1
1st wave feminism
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legal issues, suffrage, property rights
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Ida B. Wells, Susan Anthony, Alice Stone Blackwell, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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privilege
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sexism, lookism, ageism, heterosexism, racism, classism, homo/transphobia, ableism
white fragility
when white people encounter challenges about white privilege and racism, they defend/withdraw/minimize/ignore/oush back in order to regain their racial position and equilibrium
systematic racism allows white people to live in an evironment that protects them from race-based stress, so when that identity is challenged they get defensive and dismissive
2nd wave feminism
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sexuality, family, workplace, reproductive rights, personal inequalities, legal and systematic inequalities (Title IX)
3rd wave feminism
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gender violence, reproductive rights, reclaiming derogatory terms (queer, slut), rape, glass ceiling and wage gap, transgender rights
male gaze
Laura Mulvey says that movies are made through and for the male gaze and fulfill a voyeuristic desire for men to look at women as objects
respectability politics
attempts by marginalized groups to police their own members/show their social values and being continuous and compatible w/ mainstream values rather than challenging the mainstream for its failure to accept difference
cognitive dissonance
conflicting attitudes, behaviors, or beliefs (in advertising- male gaze, sexism, heteronormativity)
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bootstrap myth
people, if properly motivated and willing to work hard, can pull themselves up by their bootstraps
horizontal hostility
when individuals direct the resentment and anger they have about their situation onto those who are of equal or lesser status
commodification
women and their bodies/virginities/sexualities are assigned a value (virgins are more valuable than sexually active women, etc)
patriarchy
a system where men and masculine bodies dominate because power and authority are in the hands of adult men
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intersectionality
involves the way all people's experiences of gender are created by the intersection or coming together of multiple identities like race, ethnicity, social class, etc.
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androgyny
a lack of gender differentiation or a balanced mixture of recognizable feminine and masculine traits