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 First wave

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• 1940s
• White women’s rights
• Socioeconomically exclusive
• Immigrants were excluded
• Women’s rights and suffrage

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 Second wave

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• 1960s and 1970s
• Addressed inequalities associated with the workplace, family, sexuality, and reproductive freedom
• Anti-male

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 Third wave

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• All inclusive
• Sexuality and identity
• Bringing class into conversation

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Patriarchy

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 System where males dominate through a tradition of power and culture

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Gender

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 How society interprets and names sexual differences
 Male/female/intersex

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Privilege

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 The advantages people have by virtue of their status or position in society

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Betty Friedan

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 Author of The Feminine Mystique
 Credited with sparking the second wave
 Founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW)

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Gloria Steinem

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 Spokeswoman for the women’s movement
 Founder of Ms. magazine

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Androcentrism

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 Male point of view is the central viewpoint for culture and history

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Biological Determinism

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 The belief that our anatomy determines how we behave not how we are socialized to behave

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Intersectionality

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 Way of studying personal identities (gender/ class /race /ability /sexuality) and political-social identities or access within a society
 Studying the relationships between personal identities and political identities
 Ex. Black woman and white woman have different backgrounds due to racial difference
 Class exercise: Ranking the man based on privilege

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Institutions

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 Family, church, media, etc.
 Social organizations that voice established patterns of behavior organized around specific purposes

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Ideology

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 A set of beliefs

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Systems

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 Class, gender, and race
 System of inequality and oppression

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Misogyny

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 Hatred of girls

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Gender assignment

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 Assigned at birth by body-type

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Gender expression

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 Outwardly expressed feelings of gender
 Performativity
 Cisgender/transgender

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Gender identity

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 Internalized feelings of gender

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Gender ranking

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 Valuing of one gender over another
 The traits of women are less valuable than the traits assigned to men

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Gender stratification

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 Values associated with different genders with work
 Putting people into groups based on gender
 Unequal distribution of wealth and power

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Sexual scripts

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 Societal level guidelines of human sexuality as shaped by institutions
 Cult of virginity

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Compulsory Heterosexuality

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 The expectation that everyone should be heterosexual
 Marriage laws

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Separate Spheres

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 Private domain = women
 Public domain = men

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Healthcare Equity

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 Differences in the quality of healthcare across different populations

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Medicalization

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 Normal functions of the body come to be viewed a indicative of disease
Pregnancy is an illness

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 Head-complement

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• Traditional marriage with male as the head and wife as the support

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 Junior-senior

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• Traditional marriage modified so that both members work outside the home although one member is considered primary

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 Equal partnership

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Both equal workers

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Horizontal hostility

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 Directing anger or hatred towards someone of equal or lesser status

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Surveillance

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 Tracking other women

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Norms/Normality and the construction of difference

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 Norms is what is thought of as the expected standard and everything else is thought of as different
 Norms = power

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Mothering

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 Mothering is a feminine duty expected of all women, inherent trait of females
 Different connotations between fathering and mothering
 Taking care of a child emotionally, socially and physically
 Fathering is considered just the physical act of contributing biologically to a child

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Reproductive rights

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 Include the right to use birth control and have equal access to methods of birth control regardless of social status
 Abortion rights
 Right to not be unwillingly sterilized

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Margaret Sanger

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 Abortions
 Illegal propaganda sent through the mail to educate about sex
 National Birth Control League
 Mothers in Bondage

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Objectification

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When women are treated like objects instead of people

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Intimacy

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Feeling of closeness
Power dynamics
Different perspectives from men and women

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Sexual self-schemas

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 Subjective understanding of and negotiation with sexual scripts
 Individual level of understanding of our sexuality

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Sexual Identity

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 A person’s preference for a gender

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Sexual Politics

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 The expectation that the power dynamics in sexual relationships
 Women are the submissive and men are the chasers

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*****

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 Sexuality
 Rejecting the categories for alternative identities
 Attracted to people

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Genderqueer

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 Rejecting the categories for gender

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Transgender

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 Claim or express a gender different than what is assigned

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 Glass ceiling

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• Invisible but impassible barrier to advancement

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 Glass escalator

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• Men advancing in traditionally female areas

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 Glass precipice

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• Hiring women for top positions but erect barriers to prevent a successful job performance

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 Quid pro quo

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• Submission to sexual conduct is explicitly or implicitly stated as a condition of employment

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 Hostile work environment

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• Conduct interferes with work performance or creates an intimidating hostile or offensive environment

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Dolores Huerta

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 Instrumental labor leader
 Cofounder of United Farm Workers of America with Cesar Chavez
 Led Delano Grape Strike
 Fought for workers right

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 1963 Equal Pay Act

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• Equal pay for equal work
• Companies get around it by changing job content/titles

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 1964 Civil Rights Act

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• Title VII prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, ability, age and or national origin in jobs with more than 15 employees
o Excludes sexuality

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 2009 Fair Pay Act

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• Production supervisor woman at Goodyear Tire plant filed a discrimination lawsuit about being paid less than males
• Supreme Court cited that time limits on when the discrimination occurred had passed and therefore she could not sue
• Congress and the President intervened and signed an amendment that said the statue of limitations resets with every paycheck

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hooks’ definition of feminism

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 a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression

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Feminist masculinity

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 The idea that the feminist ideas can offer males an alternative to patriarchal domination to help the underprivileged males

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History and early problems of the feminist movement

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 Consciousness raising groups began the movement
 Uneducated teachers began the formal education but then were replaced by educated teachers
 Focused on the elite and not all classes
 Anti-male

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hooks’ definition of reproductive rights

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 having the freedom of choice
 having access to contraception and abortions gives women control of their bodies and lives

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hooks’ perspectives on partnership and family

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 children’s rights should be fought for
 both men and women should parent children but children effectively in single parent housing