Women IN perspective final

Income Definition Of class

Get the range of all income earned in the US either by individual or family unit, divide by 5, get 5 income classes: elite, upper middle, middle, working, poor. how the us census keeps track of income classes in the US (quantitative)

Property Definition of Class

Divide society into 2 broad groups based on each group’s major asset. 1) capitalists who live off of the money that money makes. capital makes money 2) laborers who work mostly paycheck to paycheck, their major asset is their ability to work

Profit:

total revenue - total costs (wages paid +materials)

Key institutions that structure our lives:

family, media, law, the corporation, the labor market, global capitalism, health care system, higher education

Anorexia

The loss of power a girl senses as she becomes a teen or woman, senses a loss of power based on social expectations over her body image and role in society. happens across gender identity spectrum, but majority in cisgender women

“Gender identity

is what an individual self- identifies as, increasingly more fluid+multi-faceted overtime

Heteronormativity

The “norm” or “normal” relationship is between two cisgendered people of the opposite sex.
It is seen as the basis of the family unit and there is still an emphasis on reproduction

Social Identity

that set of personal and social characteristics by which people are identified and identify themselves, a two-way relationship between structures and individuals. individuals can make these choices but they may or may not be accepted by society at a particular time. Micro goes out to macro, meso and global

sexual harassment

harassment (typically of a woman) in a workplace, or other professional or social situation, involving the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks.
-Unwelcomed sexual advances
-No consent

femicide

-The killing of women and girls becaue of their gender or stereotypes surrounding their gender
-meso level of analysis

Gender Wage Gap

difference of wages between men and women: Female fulltime (FT) workers earn 83.6 cents for every dollar earned by FT male workers
A gender wage gap of $ 0.16 on the dollar!

intersex

people born with ambiguos genetalia, often inforced invasive, non consenting surgery

Binary systems

represent oppositional categories that tend to rely on false essentialisms (ex. male or female, hetero or homo)

social construction

2 Key Attributes of Social Construction
1. What appear to be natural or biological are,
in fact, human conceptions and hence, can
be changed over time
2. Social constructions of differences happen
within hierarchical power relations and
privilege

Structures of Power

Regulate and constrain behavior, Restrict access to power, Engage in process of privileging, normalizing and valuing certain people over others
Work with and create the Matrix of Oppression & Privilege

Cultural appropriation

taking an artifact from one’s culture and using it in a disrespectful manner

symbolic annihilation

lack of any real representation or culture, leading to mass gross stereotypes being believed (native american=redskins)

Orientalism

making west superior over the east.

Institutions are primary sites for the reproduction of:

gendered, racialized, classed, sexualized inequalities, hierarchies of power, differential access to resources + networks, distribute rewards + punishments, set norms of behavior, make formal regulations + laws

Media literacy

encoding- meanings or messages put into the media, decoding- what the audience interprets or receives

Title 9

strongest protection against sexual violence on campus, assuring equal access to education (which means having safety and security)

cycle of violence

tension, eruption, honeymoon

wheel of domestic violence

power and control centered,-economic abuse, emotional abuse, using children, minimizing, belittling + blaming, using male privilege, coercion + threats, intimidation, isolation, physical +sexual violence

3 tradwife ideals

1950’s housewife ideal, proverbs 31 working and managing woman, the modern neotraditional family

motherhood penalty

the mommy track, professional women who must balance work and family often find them on a limited career track

Reproductive Rights

Micro understandings: your individual right to an abortion,your personal choice

reproductive justice

belief in full reproductive healthcare, including the right to have a baby, move the discussion of reprorights past the micro level, intersects with social justice issues.

Gender

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

Race

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

Neocolonialism

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

Liberal Feminism

Rooted in liberal democracy and individual rights, stressing equal opportunity and freedom of choice

Internalized Oppression

Oppressive and exploitive attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs of "the Matrix" that are accepted either consciously or subconsciously

Biological Determinism

The idea that a group's biological or genetic make-up shapes it political, social, and economic outcomes

Androcentrism

The privilege of male and masculine centered ways of understanding the world

Intersectionality

The interlocking systems of various dimensions of the matrix of oppression and resistance, specifically race, class, and gender

Levels of Analysis

Micro (individual), Meso (Community,) Macro (Government/Large Institutions), Global (International Perspective)

Misogyny

The hatred of women or female attributes

The Matrix of Oppression

An interlocking hierarchical system of racism, classism, sexism, neocolonialism, homophobia, ageism, and specieism.

LGTBQAI

Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual, Queer, Asexual and Intersex

hegemony

the dominant perspective that tends to support the dominant culture and values

outsider/within

Marginalized groups have the ability to see how privilege operates in certain contexts (ex the help knowing about their employers' lives)

radical feminism

want to change the entire system from within

double standards

frequency and number of sexual partners, insurance covering viagra but not before birth control, policing of reproductive issues

Madonna/Whore

freud said men develop to only see women as either saintly madonnas or whores, and they cannot be both.

pornography

The commodification of sex. A commodity is a thing that
you make money off of. You are more interested in the profit to be made than the
actual thing itself

Porn going mainstream

girls internalize these representations of themselves and judge themselves through a pornified male gaze.

essentialism

ideas or objects that are ahistorical and universal

Crisis Pregnancy Centers

CPCs are known anti-choice organizations that pose as legitimate health centers, but
frequently misinform, mislead,and manipulate women facing an unintended pregnancy
about their reproductive-health options

Anorexia

loss of power a girl senses as she becomes a teen/woman.having no power over society’s expectations, they do have control over their body and often harm or starve it for a sense of power.

color consiousness

internalized racism due to white supremacy

dobbs v jackson 2022

overturned roe v wade, taking away federal protection of abortion rights. penalizing those health care providers for abortions, etc.

body politic

cutting women down to size through the patriarchy, male control over womens bodies through advertising media, etc