WMST 231-004

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define gender

a social construction of cultural meanings that are attached to biological differences in genitalia

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social construction

man made, so that it can be “un-manmade”

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how is sex different from gender

sex is biological

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define race

the social construction of cultural meanings attached to biological differences in hair, skin, and bone

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define misogyny

the hatred of women or female attributes

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incel

involuntary celibate

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define “doing gender”

the day to day performance of gender codes

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define neocolonialism

the continued exploitation and oppression of underdeveloped countries by highly developed nations through unfair advantages in trade and diplomacy

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neocolonialism is a concept that…

allows us to understand how the world is organized

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the 4 levels of analysis are

micro, meso, macro, and global

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define the micro analysis level

an individual statement, meritocracy, “i’m not racist, my friend is black”, focuses on personal experiences

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define the meso analysis level

community level, environments like school and our neighborhoods

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define the macro analysis level

national level, institutional level, things like the US government and white supremacy

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define the global analysis level

dealing with more than one country, international and things like the UN

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define liberal feminism

is rooted in liberal democracy and individual rights, stressing equal opportunity and freedom of choice, equal pay, womens access to careers, reproductive rights, freedom of choice

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define hegemonic

the majority

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the system or the matrix of oppression, an interlocking hierarchal system of:

race/racism, class/classism, gender/sexism, nation/neocolonialism, sexuality/homophobia, age/ageism, species/speciesism, and other dimensions

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define speciesism

the belief that humans are superior to every other species

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how