Gender and Violence Quiz 1

Sex

the way biology is understodd at the time of your birth

Gender

a social construction around ideas of masculinity and femininity

Patriarchy

“power of the fathers”; a society in which men are in power; a male-dominated society

Mysoginy

A political ideology that justifies and maintains the subordination of women by men

Essentialism

belief that we can reduce a person’s capacity based on their biology to minimize a person’s identity

Political Agency

idea that someone is capable of making a decision on their own behalf

Colonization

dominance of one country over another

Tropes

ex. “cis-het white men have most of the power”

Nationalism

process where a person’s identity in relation to our nation and the support that we give it to support our interest, done to the exclusion or detriment of other interests

Non-state

try to undermine state (unformal groups)

Pro-state

seek to uphold the state and its policies

Terrorism

Terrorism involves political aims and motives. It is violent or threatens violence. It is designed to generate fear in a target audience that extends beyond the immediate victims of the violence. The violence is conducted by an identifiable organization. The violence involves a non-state actor or actors as either the perpetrator, the victim of the violence, or both. Finally, the acts of violence are designed to create power in situations in which power previously had been lacking (i.e. the violence attempts to enhance the power base of the organization undertaking the actions)