WS 151 Final Quiz

Toxic Masculinity

Refers to a set of traditional ideas that perpetuate and reinforce harmful, stereotypical behaviors on how boys and men should behave.

Gender Affirming Care

A range of interventions to support and affirm an individual’s gender identity when it conflicts with their assigned gender.

Misgender

Refer to (someone, especially a transgender person) using a word, especially a pronoun or form of address, that does not reflect their gender identity

Intersectionality

A concept that refers to individuals and their experience of oppression and discrimination based on the intersecting nature of social identities (race, gender, class, sexuality, ability) that overlap to
shape peoples experiences.

Placenta

A temporary organ that connects the baby to the uterus during pregnancy. It provides oxygen, nutrients, hormones and immunity to the baby through the umbilical cord.

There are many cultural practices that surround this organ. For example, in Native Hawaiian culture, the placenta is buried in part of a ceremony.

Feminism

Feminism is the belief in full social, economic, and political equality for women. It is not that women have more rights than men, but have equal ones.

Single-Payer Health Insurance

A healthcare system mostly or wholly funded by one entity, like a government agency, using tax dollars.

The system takes the place of private health insurance companies and patient co-payments. The networks of doctors, hospitals, and payments in a single-payer system are managed by this single entity.

Typically, "single-payer healthcare" refers to health insurance provided as a public service and offered to citizens and legal residents.

Bechdel Test

The Bechdel Test refers to the test that examines the writing of female characters in a movie or TV show.

To pass the Bechdel test, the movie must:

• Have two or more female characters

• Have those characters talk to each other

• Talk about something other than a man

Sex Positive

Refers to having a positive attitude about sex, respecting others’ sexual preferences and consensual sexual practices, and treating sex as a normal, healthy part of life, rather than a taboo topic or something to be ashamed of.

Epistemology

The philosophical study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge.

Polyamory

A romantic relationship/partner-ship centered on informed and consensual, intimate/romantic relationships with multiple partners.

Apply a women and gender studies lens to discussions and debates about healthcare equity, especially in the realms of opposing epistemologies of health and body, gender affirming care, and sex education.

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Describe how facets of feminism have changed over time and recall key events in each wave of feminism; define feminism on your own terms.

First Wave of Feminism (1800s-1920): their goal was to establish a unique role for women in civic society. Issues in this era included the lack of ability to pursue higher education, property rights, and suffrage (voting rights.)

Second Wave of Feminism (1960s-1990s): their goal was to achieve independence and autonomy at work and in the law. Issues in this era included legal equity, workplace equality, and reproductive rights.

Third Wave of Feminism (1990s-2010): their goal was to build a diverse and wide-reaching feminist cultural movement. Issues included cultural acts of rebellion and individual choice, intersectionality, sex positivity, social construction of gender, and reproductive justice.

Feminism: A movement in which women advocate for equality. Women deserve the same rights that men have, which includes equal pay, equal reproductive rights, and equal politic presence.

Be able to analyze music and TV through a gender studies lens, using vocab from class

Music and TV is a place where self-expression is greatest.

Describe different research methods used in Gender and Women’s Studies research (this concept comes from the whole semester rather than just this unit)

Gender and Women’s Studies research comes in many different forms as it is multidisciplinary. Research can be archival, field observations, survey, case studies, longitudinal studies, and so much more.