WMNST 106 Mid Term
"THE PERSONAL IS THE POLITICAL" - ANS-A 1960s feminist phrase, was created to
underscore what was happening to women's personal lives across health care,
housework etc. This is meant to inspire women to be politically active in issues that
affect their lives. And make sure that politicians pay attention to women's lives.
BEAUTY IDEAL - ANS-the socially constructed notion that physical attractiveness is
one of women's most important assets, and something all women should strive to
achieve and maintain
BODY POLITICS / POLITICS OF THE BODY - ANS-Used in the 1970s during the
"second wave" of feminist movement. It's the fight against objectification of the female
body and violence against women and the campaign for reproductive rights for women.
BODY SHAME - ANS-inappropriate negative statements and attitudes toward another
person's weight or size.
CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING - ANS-is a form of activism, popularized by United States
feminists in the late 1960s. It often takes the form of a group of people attempting to
focus the attention of a wider group of people on some cause or condition.
DISCIPLINING THE BODY - ANS-Beauty norms are internalized and we receive
various positive and negative responses for complying with or resisting them. Every day
behaviors that maintain the body, trivial routines, rules and practices.
ESSENTIALISM - ANS-Females are naturally feminine in behavior and self-identity,
similar to males.
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION - ANS-refers to ways in which cultural assumptions think
what masculinity and femininity is.
FEMINISM - ANS-the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social,
and economic equality to men.
FEMININITY as a social construction - ANS-a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles
generally associated with girls and women. Femininity is socially constructed, but made
up of both socially-defined and biologically-created factors.
, CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMININITY - ANS-gentleness, empathy, sensitivity, caring,
sweetness, compassion, tolerance, nurturance etc.
"GAZE" - ANS-concept used for "analyzing visual culture that deals with how an
audience views the people presented
the male gaze - ANS-The audience is put into the perspective of a (heterosexual) man.
Female characters are sexualized, and the camera or artwork may zero in on female
body parts considered sexual
the oppositional gaze - ANS-critical look that analyzes and re-interprets the construction
of societal ideals and media. Specifically, it is used by black females to challenge the
male gaze and broadens the ideas of what the gaze, or filter on the media actually is
the colonial gaze - ANS-Form the 19th an 20th centuries refers to how westerners view
or have viewed non western cultures and encompassing a sense of superiority and
entitlement with tourist images. May also have a sexual connotation referring to the
objectification of women particularly by westerners in colonial environments.
GENDER - ANS-refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and
attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women. What the
person feels they are too
SEX - ANS-refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and
women.
Gender identity - ANS-a person's inner sense of being male or female, usually
developed during early childhood as a result of parental rearing practices and societal
influences and strengthened during puberty by hormonal changes.
Gender assignment - ANS-Sex assignment is the discernment of the sex at the birth of
a baby
Gender scripting - ANS-are ideas of how males and females are supposed to interact
with each other, including how each gender should behave in sexual or romantic
situations.
GENDER AS PERFORMANCE: DOING - ANS-behaving or thinking in a way that
society has labeled feminine if you are a female and masculine if you are a male.
"THE PERSONAL IS THE POLITICAL" - ANS-A 1960s feminist phrase, was created to
underscore what was happening to women's personal lives across health care,
housework etc. This is meant to inspire women to be politically active in issues that
affect their lives. And make sure that politicians pay attention to women's lives.
BEAUTY IDEAL - ANS-the socially constructed notion that physical attractiveness is
one of women's most important assets, and something all women should strive to
achieve and maintain
BODY POLITICS / POLITICS OF THE BODY - ANS-Used in the 1970s during the
"second wave" of feminist movement. It's the fight against objectification of the female
body and violence against women and the campaign for reproductive rights for women.
BODY SHAME - ANS-inappropriate negative statements and attitudes toward another
person's weight or size.
CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING - ANS-is a form of activism, popularized by United States
feminists in the late 1960s. It often takes the form of a group of people attempting to
focus the attention of a wider group of people on some cause or condition.
DISCIPLINING THE BODY - ANS-Beauty norms are internalized and we receive
various positive and negative responses for complying with or resisting them. Every day
behaviors that maintain the body, trivial routines, rules and practices.
ESSENTIALISM - ANS-Females are naturally feminine in behavior and self-identity,
similar to males.
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION - ANS-refers to ways in which cultural assumptions think
what masculinity and femininity is.
FEMINISM - ANS-the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social,
and economic equality to men.
FEMININITY as a social construction - ANS-a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles
generally associated with girls and women. Femininity is socially constructed, but made
up of both socially-defined and biologically-created factors.
, CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMININITY - ANS-gentleness, empathy, sensitivity, caring,
sweetness, compassion, tolerance, nurturance etc.
"GAZE" - ANS-concept used for "analyzing visual culture that deals with how an
audience views the people presented
the male gaze - ANS-The audience is put into the perspective of a (heterosexual) man.
Female characters are sexualized, and the camera or artwork may zero in on female
body parts considered sexual
the oppositional gaze - ANS-critical look that analyzes and re-interprets the construction
of societal ideals and media. Specifically, it is used by black females to challenge the
male gaze and broadens the ideas of what the gaze, or filter on the media actually is
the colonial gaze - ANS-Form the 19th an 20th centuries refers to how westerners view
or have viewed non western cultures and encompassing a sense of superiority and
entitlement with tourist images. May also have a sexual connotation referring to the
objectification of women particularly by westerners in colonial environments.
GENDER - ANS-refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and
attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women. What the
person feels they are too
SEX - ANS-refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and
women.
Gender identity - ANS-a person's inner sense of being male or female, usually
developed during early childhood as a result of parental rearing practices and societal
influences and strengthened during puberty by hormonal changes.
Gender assignment - ANS-Sex assignment is the discernment of the sex at the birth of
a baby
Gender scripting - ANS-are ideas of how males and females are supposed to interact
with each other, including how each gender should behave in sexual or romantic
situations.
GENDER AS PERFORMANCE: DOING - ANS-behaving or thinking in a way that
society has labeled feminine if you are a female and masculine if you are a male.
