Term
|
Definition
behaviors and ideas or attitudes about sex and the relationship between the two. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
what gender people are attracted to emotionally and physically. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
basic ideas we have about how one should engage in sexual activity (women are suppose to act and dress sexy but not enought for rape) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a bias for heterosexuality and against homosexuality |
|
|
Term
Compulsory Heterosexuality |
|
Definition
belief that homosexuality is wrong and unnatural |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Coined by Adrienne Rich and the idea that lesbianism is more than sex and attraction, it is being women identified. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
fear of being labeled homosexual as a whole |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Using lesbianism to discredit a wide range of womens activities |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
began in 1890 and hit its peak in the 1920s- women were thought to have no sexuality |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
1960s (1961 birth control) slight lessening of sexual double standard but still exhists. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transexual/gender Queer |
|
|
Term
The Continuum of Violence Against Women |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Coercive sex and rates of violence |
|
Definition
coercive sex is common and our rates of violence are much higher than Europe. |
|
|
Term
Rape-free, Rape-prone, Rape-rare |
|
Definition
47% of societies- Rape free 18%- Rape prone 35%- rape rare |
|
|
Term
attitudes important in sexual violence |
|
Definition
*a system of social control *violence is not natural, its a social construction *Every act of violence has a social context |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
15-25% of pregnant women are battered. Many states continue to define wife abuse as a misdemeanor, 40% of abused wives are raped |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
*1/3 of girls and 1/5 of boys will be sexually abused before age 18. *Child abuse is highly correlated with wife abuse; a batterer is often a child abuser too. *most child abuse cases are plea bargained or dismissed (even fewer consequences if you are a relative) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a pattern of behavior that includes the use or threat of violence and intimidation for the purpose of gaining power and control over another person. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
*85% of domestic violence victims are women. *women of all socio-economic groups experience abuse. *women in poverty face aprticular hardships- lack resources needed to support themselves and their children. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
*95% are male *much of female violence is commited in self defense and inflicts less injury than the male violence. *male perpetraitors are 4 times more likely to use lethal violence than women. |
|
|
Term
What is domestic violence? How is it characterized? |
|
Definition
physical abuse, economic abuse, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, sexual abuse, isolation or control |
|
|
Term
Time of greatest danger for women |
|
Definition
when they attempt to leave (seperation, divorce, etc.) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon request |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| usually someone the victim knows |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
not a lot of jail sentence for this crime, often gone unreported to protect image of university, place, etc. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Bosnia rape of Muslim as a mission. March 1993 women were raped in front of their relatives and held captive. Soldiers expected to rape women, direct hit to the men for self esteem |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
the systematic killing of women for various reasons, usually cultural. Women of Juarez were raped and sometimes tortured before being murdered. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
History of women and work (preindustrial and industrialized work) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| 2 paths of men and wowmen since industrial revolution |
|
Definition
women(temporary): had dead end jobs & were segregated by race
men: lots of promotions, raises, jobs thought men needed to work more hours, provide the family's wages
men of color left w/ worse or no jobs at all |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| men being paid more than women. women earn 77 cents of every dollar men do |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| advancement of a qualified person within the hierarchy of an organization is stopped at a lower level because of some form of discrimination |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| stuck on the "floor" level of a job, dead end jobs, no promotions at all, no opportunity for advancement |
|
|
Term
| current issues in the workplace (sexual harassment, FMLA, etc.) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| doing housework after working all day |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the politics of reproduction (examples) |
|
Definition
-who will shape public policy and laws
-who will make decisions
-who will control reproduction
-these are power issues
-never been a completely private matter
-by law doctors must have consent to perform surgery
-venereal disease
-birth control
-sterilization
-abortion
-fertility
-pregnancy
-child birth
-adoption
-childcare/custody
-menopause |
|
|
Term
| history of contraception/abortion 1800-present (know time periods and relevant history as discussed in class) |
|
Definition
1840s to 1880s abortion comes out of the closet. Number of women having abortions rapidly increases
-urban couples trying to limit size of their families
-increased use by white, married, middle class women
-becomes a commercial business
-one of the first medical specialties
-1860s to 1880s turning point- most important factor in history of abortion until the 1970s
-AMA leads massive campaign against abortion, ultimately successful
-by the late 1890s every state had laws against abortion with varying provisions
-last resort for unmarried women
-contraception becomes target by a social purity movement
-1973 Roe V. Wade overturns all state laws against abortion |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| herbal substance that induces abortion before the quicking phase |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the first perception of fetal movement by a pregnant woman. historically used to determine "right to life" of a fetus for abortion purposes. usually occurs in the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the use of selective breeding, sterilization, and contraceptives to improve human hereditary traits and create healthier, stronger, more intelligent people. State laws were written in the late 1800s and early 1900s to prohibit marriage and force sterilization of the mentally ill in order to prevent the "passing on" of mental illness to the next generation. not abolished til the mid 20t century, 60000 people sterilized |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| which made it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, and/or lascivious" materials through the mail, including contraceptive devices and information. In addition to banning contraceptives, this act also banned the distribution of information on abortion for educational purposes |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an American birth control activist, an advocate of negative eugenics, and the founder of the American Birth Control League (which eventually became Planned Parenthood) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| 1961, during sexual revolution, more sexual activity |
|
|
Term
| changes in attitude in regards to contraception/abortion |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| roe v. wade-year and court decisions/provisions by trimester |
|
Definition
| 1973, legalized abortion. 1st trimester-women have complete control over pregnancy. 2nd-women can seek abortion but state can regulate the conditions. 3rd-states limit a woman's ablity to get an abortion to specific situations such as to save the life of mother |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. forbade the use of threat of force, force, or physical obstruction by anyone trying to stop someone from getting into a clinic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| abortion pill, used since 1988. not the same thing as morning after pill. when it was approved, there was a lot of controversy around it. |
|
|
Term
| ways women's choices have been restricted without overturning roe v. wade |
|
Definition
| 1989/webster and 1993/casey decisions eroded women's rights without completely overturning roe v. wade. i.e. laws banning counseling, husband/parental notification laws, informed consent, Casey 1993: 24 hour waiting periods, bans on public facilities/funding, abortions can't be done after the 20th week |
|
|
Term
| ways women's choices have been restricted without overturning roe v. wade |
|
Definition
| 1989/webster and 1993/casey decisions eroded women's rights without completely overturning roe v. wade. i.e. laws banning counseling, husband/parental notification laws, informed consent, Casey 1993: 24 hour waiting periods, bans on public facilities/funding, abortions can't be done after the 20th week |
|
|
Term
| first wave feminism 1848-1920 |
|
Definition
| began in UK and US period of feminists activity during 19th-early 20th century. main focus on de jure (officially mandated) inequalities primarily on gaining women's suffrage. people consider the first-wave to have ended when the 19th amendment to the u.s. constitution was passed, granting women the right to vote |
|
|
Term
| factors that set the stage |
|
Definition
1. republican motherhood
2. civic duty to influence outside the home from within: patriotic, moral children, educated- more educational opportunities for women
3. voluntary associations began to work with other women
4. public roles in a church |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| first black woman to lecture about women's rights |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| best known for a vidication of the rights of women in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. she suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| known for initiating Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments along with Stanton. |
|
|
Term
| first women's rights convention |
|
Definition
| 1848, Seneca Falls. Presented the Declaration of Sentiments, based on the language and content of the Declaration of Independence. Stating that "all men and women are created equal," they demanded equal rights for women, including - a radical idea - the right to vote. Over 300 people attended the Convention; the document was ratified and was signed by 68 women and 32 men. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| dedicated life to "women's suffrage movement". Founded the National Woman's Suffrage Association in 1869 with life-long friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Together they worked for women's suffrage for over 50 years. Wrote the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in 1878 which later became the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Founded the National Woman Suffrage Association. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Initiated the Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention and wrote the Declaration of Sentiments along with Mott. Founded the National Woman Suffrage Association with Anthony. |
|
|
Term
| charlotte perkins gillman |
|
Definition
| wrote the Yellow Wallpaper, wrote feminist work. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| anti-lynching activist, suffragist, woman's rights activist, |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
NWSA: national women's suffrage association
AWSA: american women's suffrage association
NAWSA: national american women's suffrage association |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Founded the National Women's Party. Avid Equal Rights activist. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Also founded the League of Women Voters. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the United States Constitution prohibits each of the states and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's sex. 19th amendment |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| refers to a period of feminist thought that originated around the 1960s and was mainly concerned with independence and greater political action to improve women's rights |
|
|
Term
| liberal feminists- goals/issues |
|
Definition
| older, 1960; women class in the work place, economy, took out oncerns of white middle-class women. working within the system. family in the law- alice poul keeping equal rights commitment focus on women class. focus on women's public rights/professional rights-working on politics while middle class |
|
|
Term
| radical feminists- goal's/issues |
|
Definition
| younger women, most women involved, lots of experience other movement. They argue that personal is political. constant raising group health care clinic, daycare center, women's bookstores. they brought the issues to public attention; deomestic violence, rape, abortion. they gained valuable experience ad were far more radical, trying to bring things up that were never talked about before |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an American conservative political activist known for her opposition to feminism and the Equal Rights Amendment. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| was an American feminist, activist and writer, best known for starting what is commonly known as the "Second Wave" of feminism. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| also known as "mainstream feminism," focuses on women's ability to show and maintain their equality through their own actions and choices. looks at the personal interactions of men and women as the starting ground from which to transform society into a more gender-quitable place. neutral vision towards different gender; it requires omen to mold themselves to fit a citizenship that had already been costructed in the welfare of men. issues important to liberal feminist include reproductive and abortion rights, sexual harassment, voting, education, "equal pay for equal work," affordable childcare, affordable health care, and bringing to light the frequency of sexual and domestic violence against women |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| aims to challenge and to overthrow patriarchy by opposing standard gender roles and what they see s male oppression of women, and calls for a radical reordering of society early radical feminism arose within second wave feminism in the 1960s |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| social and political movement which points to the existence of considerable common ground between environmentalism and feminism. they argue that a strong parallel exists between the male oppression and subordination of women in families and society and the degradation of nature by similarly masculine attitudes and methods |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| developed from radical feminism. it is an ideology of a "female nature" or "female essence" that attempts to revalidate what cultural feminists consider undervalued female attributes. its critics assert that because it is based on an essentialist view of the differences between women and men and advocates independence and institution beuilding, it has led feminists to retreat from politics to "life-style" |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| claim to be feminists, really see feminists as victims. people get what they deserve, if something bad happens its their fault |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| subtype of feminist theory which focuses on the dismantling of capitalism as a way of liberating women. oppression is capitalism |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| penis envy and female inferiority |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the idea that while men went away to WWII, women went to work in the factories, then when the men came back from the war the women were expected to go back into the home. media began to cover women's roles at work and then when they went back home, stories of neglected children were spread all over the news. there was still a double standard |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| homosexuality is seen as less threatening when it is portrayed in a comedic light. |
|
|
Term
| According to your book, there is only one set of values, principles, and perspectives that make up feminism. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| According to your book, some of the backlash against feminism has come from women. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| In "Scope of the Problem", Andrea Parrott and Carol Bohmer argue that because of changes in the formal legal system that make it easier for victims of campus rape to come forward and report their rapes, more acquaintance rapes are being pursued successfully. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Most forms of violence can be viewed as a form of social control. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| All of the following are ways that violence is built into the fabric of American culture except: |
|
Definition
| The fact that we take crimes of violence very seriously. |
|
|
Term
| According to Susan Sherwin in "Abortion through a Feminist Ethics Lens," feminist concerns about abortion do not include: |
|
Definition
|
|
