THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN AND GENDER
EIGHTH EDITION REVISION HANDBOOK 2026
SOCIALIZATION IDENTITY AND GENDER
ISSUES
◉ Feminist psychology. Answer: Psychological research and theory
that are explicitly informed by feminism, and to distinguish them
from more general work about sex and gender
◉ Oppression. Answer: The ways in which certain people experience
degradation because of political, economic, or social realities
◉ Intersectionality. Answer: The ways in which different types of
oppression are interconnected and therefore cannot be studied
separately
◉ Liberal Feminism. Answer: A form of feminism that focuses on
similarities between women and men and on using gov't policies to
eliminate barriers that keep from achieving their potential
◉ Radical Feminism. Answer: Argues for separatism, believes
women can achieve equality through the entire separation of men
and Western patriarchal cultures
, ◉ Lesbian Feminism. Answer: Sexuality and reproduction as central
place of oppression, girls and women learn to prioritize men's
pleasure over their own
◉ Socialist Feminism. Answer: Links gender oppression with
capitalism, argues class, gender, and race influence accumulation of
wealth
◉ Cultural Feminism. Answer: Endorses gender essentialism, men
and women are fundamentally different, but problem is difference in
value on males and females
◉ Women of Color Feminism. Answer: Sees women's inequality as
deeply linked to white supremacy, inclusive of all people 'womanism'
◉ Queer Feminism. Answer: Critiques what it means to be a man or
a woman, argues that sex, gender, and sexuality are not always
aligned
◉ Post-colonial / Transnational Feminism. Answer: 'Western' ideals
of liberation, critiques beliefs that women in western countries are
most liberated
◉ Social identity. Answer: A person's sense of self
EIGHTH EDITION REVISION HANDBOOK 2026
SOCIALIZATION IDENTITY AND GENDER
ISSUES
◉ Feminist psychology. Answer: Psychological research and theory
that are explicitly informed by feminism, and to distinguish them
from more general work about sex and gender
◉ Oppression. Answer: The ways in which certain people experience
degradation because of political, economic, or social realities
◉ Intersectionality. Answer: The ways in which different types of
oppression are interconnected and therefore cannot be studied
separately
◉ Liberal Feminism. Answer: A form of feminism that focuses on
similarities between women and men and on using gov't policies to
eliminate barriers that keep from achieving their potential
◉ Radical Feminism. Answer: Argues for separatism, believes
women can achieve equality through the entire separation of men
and Western patriarchal cultures
, ◉ Lesbian Feminism. Answer: Sexuality and reproduction as central
place of oppression, girls and women learn to prioritize men's
pleasure over their own
◉ Socialist Feminism. Answer: Links gender oppression with
capitalism, argues class, gender, and race influence accumulation of
wealth
◉ Cultural Feminism. Answer: Endorses gender essentialism, men
and women are fundamentally different, but problem is difference in
value on males and females
◉ Women of Color Feminism. Answer: Sees women's inequality as
deeply linked to white supremacy, inclusive of all people 'womanism'
◉ Queer Feminism. Answer: Critiques what it means to be a man or
a woman, argues that sex, gender, and sexuality are not always
aligned
◉ Post-colonial / Transnational Feminism. Answer: 'Western' ideals
of liberation, critiques beliefs that women in western countries are
most liberated
◉ Social identity. Answer: A person's sense of self
