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Title: WMST 1000 – Final Exam 2026 | Women’s Studies | Complete Exam Definitions and Key Concepts Description: This document provides a complete overview of key definitions and theoretical concepts for the WMST 1000 Final Exam 2026. It covers feminist waves, social constructivism, essentialism, intersectionality, feminist jurisprudence models, race and privilege theory, healthcare inequalities, discourse theory, and core sociological frameworks. The material is structured in a concise definition-based format, making it ideal for memorization and last-minute exam revision. It includes major theorists, foundational terminology, and critical analytical concepts central to the course. Keywords: first wave feminism second wave feminism third wave feminism social constructivism essentialism Betty Friedan standpoint theory intersectionality androcentrism informational erasure institutional erasure pinkwashing formal equality substantive equality care deficit double consciousness white privilege matrix of domination floating signifier oppression pop culture pessimism discursive colonialism

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First wave of feminism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Late 18th century to the 1930s


- Education, political representation, suffrage


Second wave of feminism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- 1960s to early 1980s


- Social and legal status of women, changes to existing patriarchal laws,

improve representation in the media


Third wave of feminism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Late 1980s to present

, - Feminist politics, discussing race, class, age, and ability in the analysis of

oppression


Social constructivism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A theoretical perspective that is

contrary to naturalism/essentialism


Essentialism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The view that gender is biologically

determined

"Women and men are equal but different"


"The problem with no name" - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The feeling of anxiety, lack of

control, unhappiness that women felt in the mid-20th century

Betty Friedan


BIDS - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Body image distortion syndrome


Postmodernism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Theoretical perspective that is critical of

liberal and Marxist views, something about how individuals are socially

constructed


Discourse - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ways of thinking, speaking, and doing within a

system of meaningful signs

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