PSCI370 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Blind Experiment, Cultural Imperialism, Gender Equality

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSCI370
• Professor: Anna Drake

Document Summary

Marilyn frye"s oppression : concept and motivation. Oppression and other concepts: young"s five faces of oppression, violence, exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness and cultural imperialism. A network of forces and barriers which are systematically related, and which conspire to the immobilization, reduction, and molding of women and the lives we live . Forces and barriers are not accidental occasional and hence avoidable, but are systemically related to each other . Word is misused -sometimes intentionally: done to undermine what"s occurring. Key problem: oppression as a structure impacts women as women (or a group as a group) impacts impact is particular, benefits and burdens level of invisibility limits understand and effective response. Macro vs. micro levels: how do we understand specific actions? individual wires. Benefits and harms: oppression vs. other problems. Double blind situations: choices are restrictive: neither is correct . Gender equality does not preclude acknowledging and combating other (non-gender related) problems. Perceptions of the problem and its extent.