The Contemporary World: Globalization and Gender Studies

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the concepts, theories, and metaphors of globalization, alongside gender studies and social identity.

Global age

Refers to the reality and omnipresence of globalization and being part of it.

Globalization

Encompasses a multitude of processes that involves the economy, political systems, and culture.

Thomas Larsson

A Swedish journalist who saw globalization as the process of world shrinkage, of distances getting shorter, and things moving closer.

Martin Khor

Former president of TWN who once regarded globalization as colonization.

Broad and Inclusive Definition

A way of defining globalization that includes a variety of issues dealing with overcoming traditional boundaries, such as Ohmae's 'borderless world'.

Narrow and Exclusive Definition

Definitions that adhere only to particular trends such as the internationalizing of production and the new international division of labor.

Solidity

Refers to natural or man-made barriers that prevent or make difficult the movement of things, such as landforms or the Berlin Wall.

Liquidity

Refers to the increasing ease of movement of people, things, information, and places in the contemporary world.

Flows

The movement of people, things, places, and information brought by the growing porosity of global limitations.

Homogeneity

Refers to the increasing sameness in the world as cultural inputs, economic factors, and political orientations expand to create common practices.

Cultural imperialism

A process where a given culture influences or dominates another culture.

Americanization

The import by non-Americans of products, images, technologies, practices, and behaviors closely associated with America/ns.

McWorld

A term meaning that only one political orientation is growing in today’s societies.

Media imperialism

The undermining of alternative global media originating from developing countries by dominant global media.

Hacktivists

Individuals who extend activism to the internet by hacking into computer programs to promote a particular cause.

McDonalization

The process by which Western societies are dominated by the principles of fast food restaurants.

Grobalization

A process wherein nations and corporations impose themselves on geographic areas to gain profits and power.

Heterogeneity

Refers to the differences of cultures produced through various transplanetary processes.

Glocalization

The interpenetration of the global and the local, occurring as global forces interact with local factors.

Cultural Differentialism

A perspective emphasizing that cultures are essentially different and only superficially affected by global flows.

Cultural hybridization

A perspective emphasizing the integration of local and global cultures.

Cultural convergence

Stresses the homogeneity introduced by cultural globalization and increasing similarities between cultures.

Deterritorialization

The condition where it is much more difficult to tie a culture to a specific geographic point of origin.

Reproductive Sphere

The area of life where women often carry the heavy burden of unpaid domestic labor and childcare.

Productive Sphere

The professional area where women face a persistent pay-gap and a glass-ceiling limiting executive leadership advancement.

Double burden

The situation where women must balance both professional work and family responsibilities.

Sex

Refers to biological characteristics related to reproduction, including chromosomes, organs, and hormones.

Chromosomes

Biological factors where $XX$ is typically associated with females and $XY$ with males.

Gender

Socially learned behavior associated with one’s sex that determines a person’s roles, values, and interactions.

Heteronormativity

The notion that being heterosexual is the standard or correct sexuality.

Cisgender

Someone whose gender identity matches the biological sex they were assigned at birth.

Transgender

Someone whose assigned sex at birth does not match their gender identity.

Queer

A person whose gender or sexual feelings are different from what is usual; often used as an alternative to specific labels.

SOGIE

An acronym standing for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression.

Gender role socialization

The process of learning and internalizing culturally approved ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving based on gender.

Internalized self-control

When people control their own behavior based on society’s standards and norms.

Rationalities

The reasons and written rules a society uses to explain why men and women think, act, and express themselves differently.

Microaggression

Subtle, everyday comments or actions that hurt or insult someone, usually without the person intending to do so.

Critical reflection

The practice of examining beliefs, actions, and cultural practices to question stereotypes and social norms.