WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES UNIT 1 EXAM SOLVED #9
Feminism - correct answer The advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political,
social, and economic equality to men.
Is feminism a personal perspective, a political theory, a social movement, or all of the
above? - correct answer All of the above
Third Wave of Feminism - correct answer Perspectives are shaped by the material
conditions created by globalization and techno-culture, and tend to focus on issues of
sexuality and identity.
Second Wave of Feminism - correct answer 1960s-1980s
Focused on sexuality, family, the workplace, reproductive rights, de facto inequalities,
and official legal inequalities.
First Wave of Feminism - correct answer 1848-1920
Fought for the right to vote and other liberation of legal obstacles.
Types of Feminism - correct answer - Liberal
- Radical
- Social/Marxist
- Multi-racial
- Global
Liberal - correct answer Most "conservative"
Emphasis on equality within existing social structures.
Radical - correct answer "From the root"
Recreating society in a way in which gender is not embedded into social structures.
Social/Marxist - correct answer Gender impression routed in capitalist systems
(economics, work force, etc.)
Can't address section without addressing exploitative economic system.
Multi-racial - correct answer Emphasizes interaction of gender and race.
Ex) Black feminism or "womanism"
Global - correct answer Sees gender oppression as a consequence of colonialism
imperialism
Black Feminism (A.K.A.what?) - correct answer Womanism
Womanism means - correct answer Social theory deeply routed in the racial and gender
oppression of black women.
, "The personal is political" means... - correct answer Things taken as personal or
idiosyncratic have broader social, political, and economic causes and consequences.
Coined by women
Voice your experiences, and stand up
Patriarchy - correct answer A system where men and masculine bodies dominate
because power and authority are in the hands of adult men.
Universal Sisterhood - correct answer Based off of transnational feminism
- recognizes opportunitites associated with the development of alliances and networks
for the emancipation of marginalized peoplez worldwide.
- connection of women who are not biologically related but bonded by solidarity.
Transnational feminism - correct answer Educates about the problems of universal
sisterhood, that ignores differences between women and claims solidarity based on
shared conditions, experiences, or concerns.
- women in the first world countries are making decisions for those in the third world
countries.
Problem with Universal Sisterhood - correct answer Women around the world face
differences in oppression and have experiences that some women in other cultures may
not experience.
CEDAW - correct answer The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Discrimination Against Women
- Legally binding the countries that ratify it, to encorporate equality of men and women
into their legal systems.
What convention was adopted by the UN in 1979? - correct answer CEDAW
What industrial society has yet to ratify CEDAW because of fear? - correct answer The
United States.... Bitches.
Lesbian bating - correct answer Feminists are accused of being lesbians in an effort to
discredit feminism and prevent women both from joining the movement and from taking
WGS classes.
- Media and inviduals presume a woman without a male partner or who enjoys the
company of other women are lesbians.
Mysogyny - correct answer The hatred of women and the hope for their inequality.
(Allison says... Russell Campbell)
- influences and sometimes destroys the lives of women
Mythical Norm - correct answer The ideology that white, middle-classed, thin, young,
heterosexual, able bodied, men are the normal basis off which to compare others.
Feminism - correct answer The advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political,
social, and economic equality to men.
Is feminism a personal perspective, a political theory, a social movement, or all of the
above? - correct answer All of the above
Third Wave of Feminism - correct answer Perspectives are shaped by the material
conditions created by globalization and techno-culture, and tend to focus on issues of
sexuality and identity.
Second Wave of Feminism - correct answer 1960s-1980s
Focused on sexuality, family, the workplace, reproductive rights, de facto inequalities,
and official legal inequalities.
First Wave of Feminism - correct answer 1848-1920
Fought for the right to vote and other liberation of legal obstacles.
Types of Feminism - correct answer - Liberal
- Radical
- Social/Marxist
- Multi-racial
- Global
Liberal - correct answer Most "conservative"
Emphasis on equality within existing social structures.
Radical - correct answer "From the root"
Recreating society in a way in which gender is not embedded into social structures.
Social/Marxist - correct answer Gender impression routed in capitalist systems
(economics, work force, etc.)
Can't address section without addressing exploitative economic system.
Multi-racial - correct answer Emphasizes interaction of gender and race.
Ex) Black feminism or "womanism"
Global - correct answer Sees gender oppression as a consequence of colonialism
imperialism
Black Feminism (A.K.A.what?) - correct answer Womanism
Womanism means - correct answer Social theory deeply routed in the racial and gender
oppression of black women.
, "The personal is political" means... - correct answer Things taken as personal or
idiosyncratic have broader social, political, and economic causes and consequences.
Coined by women
Voice your experiences, and stand up
Patriarchy - correct answer A system where men and masculine bodies dominate
because power and authority are in the hands of adult men.
Universal Sisterhood - correct answer Based off of transnational feminism
- recognizes opportunitites associated with the development of alliances and networks
for the emancipation of marginalized peoplez worldwide.
- connection of women who are not biologically related but bonded by solidarity.
Transnational feminism - correct answer Educates about the problems of universal
sisterhood, that ignores differences between women and claims solidarity based on
shared conditions, experiences, or concerns.
- women in the first world countries are making decisions for those in the third world
countries.
Problem with Universal Sisterhood - correct answer Women around the world face
differences in oppression and have experiences that some women in other cultures may
not experience.
CEDAW - correct answer The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Discrimination Against Women
- Legally binding the countries that ratify it, to encorporate equality of men and women
into their legal systems.
What convention was adopted by the UN in 1979? - correct answer CEDAW
What industrial society has yet to ratify CEDAW because of fear? - correct answer The
United States.... Bitches.
Lesbian bating - correct answer Feminists are accused of being lesbians in an effort to
discredit feminism and prevent women both from joining the movement and from taking
WGS classes.
- Media and inviduals presume a woman without a male partner or who enjoys the
company of other women are lesbians.
Mysogyny - correct answer The hatred of women and the hope for their inequality.
(Allison says... Russell Campbell)
- influences and sometimes destroys the lives of women
Mythical Norm - correct answer The ideology that white, middle-classed, thin, young,
heterosexual, able bodied, men are the normal basis off which to compare others.
