SMC219Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Misogyny, Reproductive Rights, Essentialism
7 Feb 2015
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Feminism is a political project that explores the diverse ways men and women are socially empowered or disempowered is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression deconstructs sexist oppression in today"s societal norms. Gender (cultural) the innate, biological differentiation between men and women anatomy, reproduction, hormones, etc. Refers to categories male and female culturally constructed differences between men and women role and activities refers to categories masculine and feminine . Belief that gender distinctions are innate and natural. Manifested in many different ways: jokes, pornography, violence, the self- contempt women may be taught to feel toward their own bodies. A misleading and simplified representation of pa particular social group. often persists because it is difficult to distinguish their truth from falsity. Defines members of the group based on a few members acquiring unfavourable traits. When these stereotypes become accepted by media = social oppression/disempowerment of the people in the group.
