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| A strong reaction against a system or state of affairs that has been changed and generally connotes a forceful swing back to a previous status quo |
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| A branch of philosophy that seeks to deconstruct the hierarchical binary oppositions ( such as black and white; male and female; good and evil) on which Western thought is based |
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| collection of linguistic tools, rules, descriptions, and habits of logic that make possible specific understanding of the world |
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| Involves the ways all peoples experiences of gender are created by the intersection or coming together of multiple identities like race, ethnicity, social class, and so forth |
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| Methods and tactics intended to influence government policy, policy-related attitudes, and activities |
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| The ability to control the actions of others- coercive or influential |
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| Theories or thought that implies that there are forces in social life that emerge out of human activity but stand outside of human agency or intervention |
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| To use the law to respond to and undermine social hierarchy in whatever form, and not merely peripherally but as the heart of feminist practice |
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| Theory of Comparable Worth |
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| Wages reflect the skills , training and conditions of the work, with women and men receiving equal pay for positions assessed as having equivalent value |
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| A workplace where workers are subject to extreme exploitation, including below-standard wages, long hours, and poor working conditions that may pose health or safety hazards |
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| An institutional barrier that prevents both women and minorities from advancing beyond a certain point in the workplace |
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| An association of workers who bargain collectively for increased wages and benefits and better working conditions |
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| Contracting out or transferring to another country the labor that a company might otherwise have employed its own staff to perform; typically done for financial reasons |
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| Compensating for long established discriminatory practice OR preferential, unfair treatment AND/OR reverse discrimination |
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| A legal wrong that merits sanctions and remedies |
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