Week 1: Introduction to Feminism
Feminist Politics: Where We Stand (Hooks) - ✔✔✔A perspective that acknowledges the oppression of
women within a patriarchal society and struggles towards the elimination of sexist oppression and
domination for all human beings
Women's Health From a Feminist Perspective (Low, Bailey) - ✔✔✔Much of medicine is androcentric,
instead, women's health needs to take into consideration not only differing biologies, but societal issues
as well
Feminist Model of Care (Low, Bailey) - ✔✔✔1. Being with women, not doing for women
2. HETEROgeneity (not homogeneity)
3. Minimize power imbalances
4. Rejects Androcentric models of health
5. Normalizing health experiences
6. Acknowledges social aspects of gender norms
According to WHO, the following prerequisites must be in place for health to occur: (Low, Bailey) - ✔✔
✔"State of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity"
Freedom from fear of war
Equal opportunity for all
Satisfaction of all basic needs including food, water, sanitation, education, and decent housing
Secure work
Useful role in society
Political Will
Public Support
(NOT blood pressure, weight, etc)
, A Simple Explanation of Social Construction (Torres) - ✔✔✔Society can embed ideas into our minds
with positive and negative connotations
Full Frontal Feminism (Valenti) - ✔✔✔Feminism is being against the negative stereotypes society has
for women in general (equal pay, rape, body shaming, etc.)
9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible (Thom) - ✔✔✔1.
Welcome those who are trying to learn
2. Prioritize physical and economic accessibility
3. Celebrate age diversity
4. Make room for mistakes and accountability
5. Value intention and action more than correct language
6. Learning the art of calling in vs calling out
7. Acknowledge and break down activist hierarchies
8. Value everyone's contribution
9. Center Love
~~ There has to be effort on both sides (experienced and newcomer members) for social justice groups
to work!
What is the difference between Hooks vs Valenti's definition of feminism? - ✔✔✔Hooks: Movement to
end sexist oppression, sexism, and sexist exploitation, not having a choice (END OPPRESSION)
Valenti: Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. So as long as you are doing
something for a cause that works for you, it doesn't matter what you are doing. (EQUALITY,
PERSONALIZED EXPERIENCE)
What was women's health traditionally? - ✔✔✔Breasts to thighs
Focus on childbearing years
Feminist Politics: Where We Stand (Hooks) - ✔✔✔A perspective that acknowledges the oppression of
women within a patriarchal society and struggles towards the elimination of sexist oppression and
domination for all human beings
Women's Health From a Feminist Perspective (Low, Bailey) - ✔✔✔Much of medicine is androcentric,
instead, women's health needs to take into consideration not only differing biologies, but societal issues
as well
Feminist Model of Care (Low, Bailey) - ✔✔✔1. Being with women, not doing for women
2. HETEROgeneity (not homogeneity)
3. Minimize power imbalances
4. Rejects Androcentric models of health
5. Normalizing health experiences
6. Acknowledges social aspects of gender norms
According to WHO, the following prerequisites must be in place for health to occur: (Low, Bailey) - ✔✔
✔"State of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity"
Freedom from fear of war
Equal opportunity for all
Satisfaction of all basic needs including food, water, sanitation, education, and decent housing
Secure work
Useful role in society
Political Will
Public Support
(NOT blood pressure, weight, etc)
, A Simple Explanation of Social Construction (Torres) - ✔✔✔Society can embed ideas into our minds
with positive and negative connotations
Full Frontal Feminism (Valenti) - ✔✔✔Feminism is being against the negative stereotypes society has
for women in general (equal pay, rape, body shaming, etc.)
9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible (Thom) - ✔✔✔1.
Welcome those who are trying to learn
2. Prioritize physical and economic accessibility
3. Celebrate age diversity
4. Make room for mistakes and accountability
5. Value intention and action more than correct language
6. Learning the art of calling in vs calling out
7. Acknowledge and break down activist hierarchies
8. Value everyone's contribution
9. Center Love
~~ There has to be effort on both sides (experienced and newcomer members) for social justice groups
to work!
What is the difference between Hooks vs Valenti's definition of feminism? - ✔✔✔Hooks: Movement to
end sexist oppression, sexism, and sexist exploitation, not having a choice (END OPPRESSION)
Valenti: Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. So as long as you are doing
something for a cause that works for you, it doesn't matter what you are doing. (EQUALITY,
PERSONALIZED EXPERIENCE)
What was women's health traditionally? - ✔✔✔Breasts to thighs
Focus on childbearing years
