KINE 323 Vocabulary

Violence

intentional use of force or influence resulting in or a greater likelihood of injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, deprivation, directed at oneself, another person, groups, or communities

Aggression

human behavior directly affecting another person with the intent to cause harm to the targeted person, the perpetrator must believe their behavior will cause harm which the target would seek to escape from or avoid

Harm

a thwart to a person's basic physical or psychological needs, the thwart is intentionally done or allowed to happen , harm could be avoided or minimized if the harmed person is supported in making autonomous decision and by not treating them as a means to an end

Trauma

an event or circumstance resulting in physical harm , emotional harm, or life threatening harm

Brutality

behaviors and judgements that are ruthless, unrelenting and cruel, not sensitive to pit for victims or shame

orthodox gender ideology and patriarchy

heterosexuality is normal and everyone is biologically male or female only, men are physically stronger and more rational (suited for power leadership and public sphere)

misinformation

unintentional spread of false or misleading information

disinformation

intentional spread of false or misleading information in order to trick cause harm confusion or exploit

irrational fear of same sex attraction relationships, no binary presentations, driven by misconceptions

homo/trans negativism

intentional and rationalized mistreatement and abuse targeted at homosexual or transgender individuals

sex reassignment surgery

changes to anatomy and outward appearance

gendered economic exploitation

patriarchal socialization

one of the reasons why inequity is maintained in marxist feminist theory,

compulsive heteronormativity

the standard that everyone is cis and heterosexual and falling into social ideologies

male standards

the practice of comparing women to men to match them

institutional discrimination

discrimination of a particular group on a structural level

socialization

process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society.

feminism vs feminist theory

feminism is a thought project to develop and guide social activism/gender inequity exists in society and it should CHANGE. but FT is a reasoned and tested concept about what gender is and ways it related to other human phenomena --> Fem also includes actions to change the phenomena

implicit association bias

associations between concepts and evaluations or stereotypes to reveal an individual’s hidden or subconscious biases.

single axis of discrimination

feminist theory conditions us to think about disadvantage playing out as a single identity.

political intersectionality

how policies and practices function to marginalize issues or place one oppression over another (looking at discrimination in a single pathway)

structural intersectionality

how power structions create differential treatment for different groups

representative intersectionality

how historical and contemporary production of images marginalize and objectify individual groups

social ideologies

cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequality