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| A system of beliefs that asserts the inferiority of one sex and justifies gender-based inequality. |
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| being treated like an object rather than a person. |
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| a male-dominated society in which cultural beliefs and values give higher prestige and value to men than to women. |
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| Symbolic Interactionism (Theory) |
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| a way of explaining society and social structure by examining the micro-level personal, day-to-day exchanges of people as individuals, pairs, or groups. |
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Feminine or Masculine
Feminine- Legs crossed, arms folded, shoulders rounded, restrictive clothing.
Masculine- Expansive gait, open sitting position, broad shoulders, non-restrictive clothing. |
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Tag Questions:
“…don’t you think?”, “…right?”, “…you know what I mean?”
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“Sort of”, “Kind of”
Disclaimers:
“This might be stupid but…”, “This is a dumb question but…” |
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Rape has been used historically in a variety of ways to control women’s behavior.
When asked how to stop rape, most people focus on how women should change their behavior.
Rape is the only crime that requires the victim to provide evidence that they were ‘unwilling’.
Focus remains more on women’s sexuality than men’s coercion.
Male rape flies in the face of equating victimization with femininity. |
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Women initiate and carry out physical assaults on their partners as often as men do.
Police less likely to be called when a woman attacks a man.
Women are far more likely to suffer physical injury that requires medical treatment compared to men.
Retaliatory violence by men puts women at greater risk.
We “gender” violence through our depictions and interpretations of violent behavior. |
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| Power is a ______ process…it is not static…power is continually changing hands and being negotiated between romantic partners. |
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| There is a _____ of power in intimate relationships- subtle and more obvious ways that power exerts itself. |
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| the routine way we express our gender in everyday interactions. |
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| Sexual Identity (“Doing Gender” |
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Male-Pride: Sexual experience
Idealizing virginity
Fear of being upstaged by women- shifting the power in an intimate relationship. |
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| Style of dress (“Doing Gender” |
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Monitoring women’s clothing
Equating clothing with sex
Being “too sexy” or “too conservative”
Women’s bodies are not their own…they are objects of male desire. |
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