Feminism/Gender
Feminism - ✔✔✔The belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes and the social
movements organized around that belief.
Feminist Movement - ✔✔✔Designed to consider gender as a way society organizes social relations,
generally resulting in inequality between the sexes.
Sex - ✔✔✔An individual's membership in one of two biologically distinct categories- male or female.
Gender - ✔✔✔The physical, behavioral, and personality traits that a group considers normal for its
male and female members.
Sexuality - ✔✔✔Refers to desire, sexual preference, identity, and behavior.
Carol Gilligan - ✔✔✔A feminist who is known for studying the moral development of adolescents.
Deceptive Distinctions - ✔✔✔The distinction between the sexes are maintained by ideology and social
controls.
Structural Functionalism - ✔✔✔The sexual division of labor exists to fulfill necessary functions.
Sex Role Theory - ✔✔✔The nuclear family is the ideal arrangement in modern societies because it
fulfills the function of reproducing workers.
West and Zimmerman - ✔✔✔They argue that gender is not a fixed identity, but rather, the product of
interaction. So, one "does gender."
Feminism - ✔✔✔The belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes and the social
movements organized around that belief.
Feminist Movement - ✔✔✔Designed to consider gender as a way society organizes social relations,
generally resulting in inequality between the sexes.
Sex - ✔✔✔An individual's membership in one of two biologically distinct categories- male or female.
Gender - ✔✔✔The physical, behavioral, and personality traits that a group considers normal for its
male and female members.
Sexuality - ✔✔✔Refers to desire, sexual preference, identity, and behavior.
Carol Gilligan - ✔✔✔A feminist who is known for studying the moral development of adolescents.
Deceptive Distinctions - ✔✔✔The distinction between the sexes are maintained by ideology and social
controls.
Structural Functionalism - ✔✔✔The sexual division of labor exists to fulfill necessary functions.
Sex Role Theory - ✔✔✔The nuclear family is the ideal arrangement in modern societies because it
fulfills the function of reproducing workers.
West and Zimmerman - ✔✔✔They argue that gender is not a fixed identity, but rather, the product of
interaction. So, one "does gender."
