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| a research method where someone analyzes the actual content of documents and images |
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| social constructionist theory |
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| sees gender as a fluid catagory; one constantly changing and evolving through human interaction |
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| social constructionist believe that people actively create their lives, and even if they conform to a social stereotype, they do not have belief in the stereotype. |
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| the beliefs, practices, and objects that are a part of everyday traditions; includes languages; has a big influence on the cultural values of a society |
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| the power of the media and popular culture to direct our concepts of ourselves and others; directs self-consiousness and self-esteem |
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| assumes that mass media reflects the values of the general population through images |
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| the study of the social construction of ideas |
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| when subordinate groups accept the world view of dominant groups |
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| a major indice of the health of a population; twice as high for African Americans than for Whites |
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| legislation aimed at protecting women and men; in this case, it addresses reproductive hazards |
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| held it constitutional to restrict the work day to 10 hours only for women |
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| Automobile workers VS Johnson Controls |
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| ruled it discriminatory to bar women from high risk jobs where there could be harm to reproductive organs |
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| characterized by severe weight loss; have delusions about their body (think they're fat when they arent). They starve themselves to death |
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| the syndrome where women binge on huge amounts of food and then purge by vomiting, using laxatives or extreme fasting. |
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| Americans with Disabilities act of 1990 |
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| a law that protects disabled people from discrimination and requires employers, schools ect. to provide accomendations |
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| Griswold VS. Connecticut (1965) |
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| law that established the precedent that birth control was a right, not a crime (only extended to married couples) |
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| Eisenstadt VS. Baird (1972) |
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| the law that prohibited birth control to be dispensed to unmarried women was declared unconstitutional with this case |
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| Eisenstadt VS. Baird (1972) |
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| the law that prohibited birth control to be dispensed to unmarried women was declared unconstitutional with this case |
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| Eisenstadt VS. Baird (1972) |
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| the law that prohibited birth control to be dispensed to unmarried women was declared unconstitutional with this case |
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| Eisenstadt VS. Baird (1972) |
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| the law that prohibited birth control to be dispensed to unmarried women was declared unconstitutional with this case |
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| Eisenstadt VS. Baird (1972) |
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| the law that prohibited birth control to be dispensed to unmarried women was declared unconstitutional with this case |
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| declared abortion a constitutional decision prior to the last three months of pregnancy |
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| a social movement in the early 19th century that emphasized revivalist and egalitarian spirit in religion |
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| the hatred of women; it was designed in a male dominated culture that assign women blame for evil |
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| the system of beliefs in a society that create a sense of belonging in the community and the moral obligation th live up to society's demands |
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| refers to Holiness and Pentecostal churches where woman make up 90% of the congregation |
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| where religious belief has provided the foundation for movements of social change |
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| refers to the fundamentalist Christian groups that have politically mobilized on behalf of conservative causes; religious right is on the rise and contributes to religious activism |
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| used to point out the male-centered bias of religious world views and meant to change theology and religion to represent women's experiences in all forms |
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| behavior that departs from conventional dorms |
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| emphasizes that some groups with the power to label deviance exercise control over what and who is "deviant" |
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| Available information on female crimes that come from official statistics |
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| a measure of the overall volume and rate of crime (indicated by offenses reported to police) |
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| What is the single greatest category of women crimes? |
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| means that woman who have been emotionally and sexually abused are more likely to become deviant |
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| national data on victimization rates based on a national sample of households and businesses |
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| forced, unwanted intercourse by a known aggressor |
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| defines the first theory of rape; sees the social environment as the orgin of violent behavior |
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| first theoretical model used to explain how a state operates; sees the state as representing the plural interests of different groups in society |
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| second theoretical model used to explain how a state operates; a powerful ruling class controls the actions of the states |
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| required equal pay for equal work |
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| Civil Bill Rights of 1964 |
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| gives women equal civil rights to men |
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| refers to the differences in men and women's political behaviors and attitudes (woman are more likely to be liberal democrats) |
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| groups that act to promote or resist changes in society |
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| guarunteed women the right to vote |
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| a law that states equality of rights should not be based on sex and any treatment that discriminates against women is illegal |
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| advocate for the end to slavery |
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| the purpose is to help us understand the conditions in society and to see the possibilities for liberating social changes; attempts to situate everyday events in the lives of men and women to see the construction of gender |
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| emphasizes social and legal reform through policies designed to create equal opportunities for women |
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| AKA Age of reason; the orgins of contemporary feminism; this period initiated an array of movements characterized by faith in the capacity of human reason |
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| a policy for addressing racial inequity (adopted under Richard Nixon). |
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| a system in which those in charge hold their positions allegedly on the basis of their individual talens and achievement |
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| a view that regards ones own group as superior to all others |
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| an analysis of sexualities that sees sexuality as highly fluid and subject to social definition |
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| located women's oppression in the structure of captalism and its interrelationship with patriarchal gender relations |
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| the criticism within feminism in which a rich body of theorizing produced Multiracial feminism |
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| the thesis that states the material conditions of people's lives shape their behavior and beliefs |
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| a system of beliefs that legitimate and maintain the status quo |
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| the subordinate group that accepts the world view of the dominant class |
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| the understanding that groups get when they comprehend their material relationship to the capitalist system of production |
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| the set of arrangements by which a society transforms biological sexuality into products of human activity where these transformed human needs are satisfied |
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| an embodying masculine authority; Liberalists see the state as a form of disembodied reason, Marxists see the state as a reflection of material interests |
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| the idea that there is nothing essentially male or female; instead, there are social constructed categories |
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