Women's Studies 1022F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Occidentalism, Cultural Relativism, Heteronormativity

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1022F/G
• Professor: Bipasha Baruah

Document Summary

Gender what you"re allowed to do or what society allows you to do based on your being, offers pervasively to produce and maintain unequal power relations. Intersectionality the other dimensions of identity that act together in ways to further or inhibit power. Heteronormative patriarchy the enforcement of heterosexual norms that lead to achieving masculine rule. Equity taking circumstances into consideration and treating people differently so they have the same opportunities in the end. Essentialism the assumption that all men/women/individuals within a certain race or class share the same experiences and interests. Universalism the idea that what works here will work everywhere else. Cultural relativism the principle of regarding the beliefs, values, and practices of a culture from the viewpoint of that culture itself. Ethnocentrism the evolution of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one"s own culture. Heteronormativity the idea that the norms that heterosexual people have are the norms everybody has.