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Women's & Gender Studies
Undergraduate 1
02/03/2012

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gender inequality
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the disadvantage o females to relative to males
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Materialist explanations
Definition
family & social institutions that arose out of material forces, such as the ownership of private property, led to male dominance and female subordination
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private sphere
Definition
domestic domain of the home
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public sphere
Definition
outside the home, not constrained by childcare
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gender socialization
Definition
the process by which societal beliefs and expectations about gender are instilled on us
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woman's empowerment
Definition
ability to advocate for their rights and have decision-making power in their public and private lives
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Multiculturalism
Definition
helping people to understand, accept, and value the cultural differences between groups, with the ultimate goal of reaping the benefits of diversity
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transnational feminisms
Definition
feminisms that cut across cultures and unite woman's struggles from many parts of the world
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Intersectionality
Definition
depending on race,class,ethnicity,nationality,disability,age,sexual orientation,region, and religion,
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Ethnocentric
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think their cultures way is the right and only way , & quick to judge and reject the way of other cultures do things
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cultural relativism
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the idea that right and wrong are culturally determined
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UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Woman (CEDAW)
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One of the most important human rights documents pertaining woman
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gender wage gap
Definition
difference in attainment, job experience, part time work
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feminization of poverty
Definition
leave woman at greater risk for poverty, when marriages end, or husband dies
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woman's suffrage
Definition
woman's right to vote by 2005 all countries were able to
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legal literacy
Definition
knowledge of their legal rights
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job prestige
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ex. woman lower status from males being more valued than females
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son preferance
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famlies value male children over female
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sex-selective abortion
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use of ultrasound, select female fetus for abortion
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polyandry
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practice of brothers sharing a wife ( India for shortage of wives)
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dowry
Definition
money or goods paid by the brides family to the groom or his family
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trafficking of the woman and girls
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labor or sex bought and sold causes woman in poverty & form of modern day slavery
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sex trafficking
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pulls woman & girls into prostitution
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honor killing
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man is obligated to kill a close female relative if she does something to dishonor the family
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Opportunistic rape
Definition
man take advantage of the breakdown of the law and order
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Political rape
Definition
individuals,families, communities that hold different political views
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genocidal rape
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intended to destroy an ethnic or political group perceived by the enemy
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Forced Concubinage
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kidnap- use for washing, cooking,cleaning sex w/soldiers & militia
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