Feminist Psychology, Gender & Bias in Psychology

Feminist Psychology

A branch of psychology developed as a critique of traditional Western-male-centric psychology that aims to center women's experiences, challenge research biases, analyze power dynamics, and promote social justice.

Gender Identity

A person's internal sense of self in relation to gender.

Assigned Sex/Gender at Birth

The sex or gender assigned to an individual at birth, typically based on physical anatomy.

Gender Expression

How an individual presents or expresses gender externally through clothing, behavior, style, and other social markers.

Sexual Orientation

Refers to the group or individuals to whom someone is sexually attracted.

Romantic Orientation

Refers to the group or individuals to whom someone is romantically attracted.

Colonial Gender System

A fixed and hierarchical gender construct analyzed by Argentine philosopher María Lugones, which was imposed through European colonialism to enforce binary gender categories, reproductive roles, domesticity, and gendered divisions of labour.

Public vs. Private Sphere Division

A structural shift resulting from industrialization in the early 1800s that separated public paid labor from unpaid domestic caregiving in the private home, leading to the devaluation of housework.

Cult of True Womanhood

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