Key Word Bank
Chapter One
Key concepts: imperialism, centering women as subjects of study, androcentrism, gender, “the personal is political”, patriarchy, first wave, second wave and third wave feminism; institutionalization of WGS, goals and objectives of WGS, definitions of feminism, lesbian feminism, ecofeminism, Marxist feminism, socialist feminism, global feminism, transnational feminism, third wave, queer theory), feminist backlash, postfeminism, postmodernism,
Chapter Two
Key concepts: mythical norm, normalization, hierarchy, target group, non-target group, privilege, systems of inequality: racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, ageism, ableism, looksism; compulsory heterosexuality, prejudice, intersecting identities, colonialism, language, homophobia, hate crimes, sexual terrorism, societal institutions, ideologies, stereotypes, bootstrap myth, internalization, horizontal hostility, target and non-target groups, misogyny, sexual terrorism, alliances.
Chapter Three
Key concepts: sex, gender, intersex, sissy, tomboy, femininity, masculinity, gender assignment, gender identity, gender expression, gender performance, biology, culture, gender socialization, intersectionality, androgyny, transgender, queer, cisgender, transsexuals, misogyny, machismo, double bind, superwoman, gender ranking and stratification,
Chapter Four
Key concepts: Nature, body, “beauty,” disciplinary “beauty” practices, looksism, sexism, ageism, heteropatriachy, transgender, self-identity, double standard of aging and “beauty” by gender, objectification, globalization, bulimia, anorexia nervosa, cosmetic surgery,
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