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WMST001
Women's Studies
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Women's & Gender Studies
Undergraduate 2
03/18/2013

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Term
Aversive Racism
Definition
Subtle, unintentional violence
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Bell Hooks (3)
Definition
  1. Coined Term, White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy 
  2. Men are intimate terrorists
  3. Women are just as interested in erotic satisfaction as men
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Binaries
Definition
Creating opposites that are ranked (ex. men vs women; poor vs rich)
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Bettis and Adams
Definition
Cheerleading allows young girls to preform their own sexuality
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Denial
Definition

Internalizing privilage and oppression 

 

"If you can't change reality, change your perception of reality"

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Discourse
Definition
Language, literature, words, media, and performance all reinforce power
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Emma Goldman (2)
Definition
  1. Anarchist 
  2. Known for stance against marriage equalling love 
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Fear of Feminism (5)
Definition
  1. Have more to lose
  2. Feminism not considered a good thing
  3. Generalized inclination to reject oppositional politics as social ill
  4. Fear of politics
  5. Taught love/romance more important 
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Types of Feminism (3)
Definition
  1. Radical
  2. Liberal 
  3. 3rd Wave
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Gender Ranking
Definition
Gender is valued over other labor attributes and natural abilities
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Hegemony
Definition
The dominance of one social group over another, operating under consent
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Internalized Oppression (3)
Definition
  1. Oppressed group develops characteristics pleasing to dominant groups
  2. Internalize dominant beliefs 
  3. Buy into myth of meritocracy 
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Rockefeller
Definition
Supported eugenics
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John Harvey Kellogg
Definition
Supported eugenics
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Margaret Sanger
Definition
Introduced birth control and abortion as a way to further eugenics
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Old Fashioned Racism
Definition
Racial bias and bigotry expressed openly and directly
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Symbolic Oppression
Definition
Stereotyping
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Individual Oppression
Definition
Denial/silence
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Pat Mainardi (2)
Definition
  1. Politics of Housework
  2. Believed men and women should share housework 
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Welfare Queen
Definition
Pejorative phrase used to describe people accused of collecting excessive welfare payments through fraud or manipulation
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Andre Smith (3)
Definition
  1. Beyond the Politics of Inclusion
  2. Sexism and gender violence act as a tool for racism 
  3. White human rights organizations don't help women in the US 
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Debra Anne Davis (3)
Definition
  1. Betrayed by the Angel
  2. Raped
  3. Looks at politeness as a gateway to violence
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Joetta L. Carl (4)
Definition
  1. Campus Sexual Violence 
  2. Campus violence can reflect sexism, racism, and homophobia in society
  3. Sports/competition culture
  4. Rape prevention efforts focus on females protecting themselves from inevitable rape--not teaching men not to rape 
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