PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN AND GENDER
EXAM 2026 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
◉ "Doing Gender". Answer: Expressing your gender when you
interact with other people. You also perceive gender in other people
◉ Sexism. Answer: Bias against people on the basis of their gender
◉ Racism. Answer: Bias against people on the basis on their racial or
ethnic groups
◉ Classism. Answer: Bias that is based on social class
◉ Ableism. Answer: Bias against people with disabilities
◉ Heterosexism (Sexual Prejudice). Answer: Bias against anyone
who is not heterosexual. It therefore harms and devalues lesbians,
gay males, and bisexuals
◉ Feminism. Answer: The principle that values women's
experiences and ideas; feminism also emphasizes that women and
men should be socially, economically and legally equal
, ◉ Liberal Feminism. Answer: Emphasizes the goal of gender
equality, giving women and men the same rights and opportunities.
Liberal feminists argue that people can achieve this goal by passing
laws that guarantee equal rights for women and men
◉ Cultural feminism. Answer: Emphasizes the positive qualities that
are presumed to e stronger in women than in men- qualities such as
nurturing and care-taking. in focuses on gender differences that
value women, rather than on the gender similarities of liberal
feminism
◉ Radical feminism. Answer: Argues tat the basic cause of women'
oppression lies deep in the entire sex and gender system, rather
than in some superficial laws and policies.
They argue that our society needs to dramatically change its policies
on sexuality and on violence against women
◉ Women- of - color feminism. Answer: Points out that the other
three types of feminism overemphasize gender. WOC feminists
emphasize that feminism myst pay attention to other human
dimensions such as ethnicity and social class.
◉ Similarities Perspective. Answer: Believe that men and women are
generally similar in their intellectual and social skills
EXAM 2026 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
◉ "Doing Gender". Answer: Expressing your gender when you
interact with other people. You also perceive gender in other people
◉ Sexism. Answer: Bias against people on the basis of their gender
◉ Racism. Answer: Bias against people on the basis on their racial or
ethnic groups
◉ Classism. Answer: Bias that is based on social class
◉ Ableism. Answer: Bias against people with disabilities
◉ Heterosexism (Sexual Prejudice). Answer: Bias against anyone
who is not heterosexual. It therefore harms and devalues lesbians,
gay males, and bisexuals
◉ Feminism. Answer: The principle that values women's
experiences and ideas; feminism also emphasizes that women and
men should be socially, economically and legally equal
, ◉ Liberal Feminism. Answer: Emphasizes the goal of gender
equality, giving women and men the same rights and opportunities.
Liberal feminists argue that people can achieve this goal by passing
laws that guarantee equal rights for women and men
◉ Cultural feminism. Answer: Emphasizes the positive qualities that
are presumed to e stronger in women than in men- qualities such as
nurturing and care-taking. in focuses on gender differences that
value women, rather than on the gender similarities of liberal
feminism
◉ Radical feminism. Answer: Argues tat the basic cause of women'
oppression lies deep in the entire sex and gender system, rather
than in some superficial laws and policies.
They argue that our society needs to dramatically change its policies
on sexuality and on violence against women
◉ Women- of - color feminism. Answer: Points out that the other
three types of feminism overemphasize gender. WOC feminists
emphasize that feminism myst pay attention to other human
dimensions such as ethnicity and social class.
◉ Similarities Perspective. Answer: Believe that men and women are
generally similar in their intellectual and social skills
