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| Gender Inclusive Language |
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Not using words like mailman, mankind, policeman
Instead use mail carrier, humanity, police officer
Acknowledging all persons as active participants in the world. |
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Highlight a portion of someone's identity that didn't need to be highlighted to be understood. Makes it seem as if they don't belong in a certain category.
ex. I was talking to a black woman about Obama. -black didn't need to be used.
ex. FEMALE doctor. MALE nurse. |
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| Natural, unites all women |
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| "Classic/Timeless" Beauty |
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| Virtuous Domesticity v. Virtuous Beauty |
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| Body Management and Patriarchy |
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| Eating Disorders and Feminists |
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| Eating Disorders and Power |
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| Eating Disorders v Disordered Eating |
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| Disordered eating - eating alot one day and eating nothing at all the next because one feels guilty about eating alot. |
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| Challenges young women's efforts at self-determination |
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| Compulsory Heterosexuality |
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| Because of structures in society, we don't know if heterosexuality is a choice. (We don't know if we are encouraged into it) |
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| Idea of the penis and the power that organ gives a man (masculine symbol) |
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| Western Culture-medicine shifted from "spiritual" to scientific. Medical community deems something medical (16th-17th century Scientific Revolution) Male dominated medical community. |
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| Society deems something as sick (Gays are sick, there is something wrong with them) |
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| Label women that are not acting the way they "should be acting" The way most male doctors cured it was to give the woman a "good orgasm" |
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| White women: pure. Colored women: tied to the body, very sexual/promiscuous |
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| Become mass-produced (clothing was once hand made to fit so women could be any size, now clothing is mass produced in certain sizes so women have to conform) Advertisements the body is bought and sold |
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| Overweight women are most likely to be poor. Body size determines how much money one will make |
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| Book- publish medical information shared with other women - 1973 Womens Health Movement |
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| Self Help Groups and Feminism |
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| Fostered ideas that we need better access to medical info and control over our own bodies |
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| Male wouldn't be tempted by the flesh, once a symbol of modesty, now a symbol of female oppression and male domination |
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| Legislation equalizes athletics (high school/college) - emergence of new body ideal (athletic body types--new idea of beautiful women's body - strong,toned,muscular) ex. nike for women. Still controversial (funding/space taken away from male sports such as wrestling given to female sports) |
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