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Flashcards by Lysa Salsbury, updated 3 months ago
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Created by Lysa Salsbury
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| Question | Answer |
| Androcentrism | Putting men at the center and relegating women to outsiders in society |
| Black feminism | A philosophy centering on Black women’s experiences analyzed through intersectional paradigms |
| Femininity | Possession of qualities and traits traditionally associate with being female |
| Feminism | The movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression (hooks, 1984) |
| Intersectionality | The idea that no individual has a unitary identity, and that each of us comprises a complex combination of both privileged and oppressed identities, sociopolitical locations, affiliations, and experiences |
| Liberal feminism | A branch of feminism that focuses on achieving gender equality by reforming political, legal, and other public institutions |
| Masculinity | Possession of qualities and traits traditionally associate with being male |
| Misogyny | The hatred of and/or contempt for women |
| Oppression | The exercise of structural power that devalues the work, experiences and voices of individuals due to their membership in a marginalized social group/s |
| Patriarchy | A system where men and masculine bodies dominate because power and authority are in the hands of adult men |
| Privilege | A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people |
| Radical feminism | A branch of feminism that calls for a transformational re-structuring of society in order to eliminate the oppression of women |
| Social justice | Justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society |
| Transnational feminisms | Feminist paradigms and activist movements that focuses on the diverse experiences of women within and across national borders |
| Women of color feminisms | Activism and scholarship by women of color and antiracist White allies to support gender, race, and class equality |
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