WMST 1000Y- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 48 pages long!)

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How has feminism impacted your life (response to question is arguments, use personal experi- ence for support. Read and edit for style don"t forget the al module double spaced. Agency: power over your own body, life and choices. No such thing as privilege wt out oppression (somebody has to be on top of a bottom class) Lack of being able to control your own life power to change your own life privilege to identify the way you want to (self expression, self identity is lost) No such thing as oppression wt out privilege. Systems of oppressions which women drew attention to include: patriarchy, racism, classism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia. Institutionalized sexism systematic structure in which men have more access to power. Intersectionality: recognizing that there is different components and sections of the identities we have, how those identities give us different access to privilege within society.