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What does sex mean?
Male or female, as determined by the reproductive organs and determined at conception
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What does gender mean?
The prescriptions for someone: Gender roles, whats expected, norms.
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What is Liberal Feminism?
Belief that women and men should have equality (same political, legal, economic, and educational rights and opportunities)
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What is Cultural Feminism?
Belief that women attributes (nurturing, caring for others) should be valued.
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What is Radical Feminism?
Belief that gender inequality is due from male dominance of women, both at work and home.
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What is Socialist Feminism?
Focus on capitalism's dominance of women. Inequality is rooted from economic inequality (ethnic minorities, the poor, etc.)
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What is womanism?
Recognize the importance of multiple identities.
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What is the 19th amendment and when was it ratified?
Woman able to vote. 1920.
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Whats important about Mary Wollstonecraft?
Wrote a book called Vindication for the Rights of Women in 1972. Showed that women were not property and that she wanted equality. Also stated not all women wanted to be homemakers.
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Why is Soujurner Truth important?
A freed slaved. Went to convention in 1851 for women's rights where she made a speech.
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Why is Nellie Taylor Ross?
First elected governor of Wyoming.
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What does Rosa Parks symbolize?
Civil rights, and women's rights. Stood up for things that were wrong
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Who is Betty Frieden?
She wrote a book which is like the 21st addition to the Vindication book. She was filling role of mother and wife, but didn't feel fulfilled.
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Who is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf?
Sworn as Africa's (Liberia) president, becoming the first elected female head of state
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What is Division 35 and when was it implemented?
It was The Society for the Psychology of Women in 1973.
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What is Division 51, and when was it implemented?
It was The Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity in 1995
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What is prejudice?
Unfair prejudgements, opinions, of people.
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What is sexism?
Discrimination or prejudice against a sex.
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What is Discrimination?
Unfair treatment
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What is objectification?
To present or regard as an object.
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What is masculine generic words?
Words that are supposed to reflect both sexes, but are assumed to be male only. (Chairmen)
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What are diminutive suffixes?
Root words that are supposed to describe both sexes, but suffix put on to specify female. (Waiter/Waitress)
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What are parallel words?
Words that are supposed to have the same meaning but are negative when describing females.
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What happens when a baby is in visible intersex?
Many are surgically altered to conform to norm expectations.
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Whats the problem with the term Hermaphrodite?
Insulting and incorrect. Actual meaning is having both sexes.
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How many types of intersex are known and how common is it?
there are 16 known types and it is 1 in 1500 to 1 in 2000 births
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Total number of babies who differ from standard male or female at birth
1 in 100 births
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What is gender typing
the aqcusition of the traits, behaviors and roles associated with one's gender
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what is the psychoanaytic theory?
gender typing comes from psychological awareness of differences between boys and girls along with internal sexual urges
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What is cognitive development theory?
Children are active learning, trying to make sense of the world.
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What is the gender schema theory
theory focuses on the schema (or idea) that we distinguish at a young age about being male or female.
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