Chapter 9: Gendered Oppression Save Groups

Persuasion

Shaping beliefs through ideas, media, leadership.

Coercion

Use of force/threat when persuasion fails.

Core countries

Wealthy, powerful

Periphery

Poor, supply raw materials

Semi-periphery

Middle, industrializing.

Patriarch/property marriage

A marriage system in which women were legally considered the property of their husbands; husbands had control over wives' labor, sexuality, and children.

Breadwinner/homemaker marriage

A marriage model where the man earns wages and the woman performs unpaid domestic and caregiving labor at home.

Family wage

A wage paid to men high enough to support a wife and children without her needing to work.

Heteronormative

The belief that heterosexuality is the natural or default sexual orientation.

Mononormative

The belief that monogamous relationships are normal and superior to other relationship structures.

Pro-natal

Favoring childbirth and reproduction; policies or norms that encourage having children.

Partnership unions

Modern relationships based on equality and shared responsibilities rather than rigid gender roles.

Sexism

Discrimination or prejudice based on sex or gender.

Androcentrism

Centering men and masculinity as the norm; valuing masculine traits over feminine traits.

Hegemonic masculinity

The culturally dominant ideal of manhood that legitimizes men's power and women's subordination.

Second shift

The unpaid domestic labor women perform after their paid workday.

Glass escalator

Men's advantage in female-dominated professions; they are pushed into higher positions.

Male flight

When men leave an occupation once it becomes feminized.

Ideal worker norm

An employee fully dedicated to work, always available, no interruptions from family.

Gender disadvantage

Women are assumed to be caregivers → viewed as less committed → penalized in hiring, wages, promotions.