PSYC 3480 Study Guide - Final Guide: Psychological Abuse, Intersectionality, Radical Women
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Sex = classifying ppl as male/female based on genetics, anatomy, and reproductive organs. Gender = the meanings that society and individuals give to male/female categories. Differentiate between the similarities and differences approaches to the study of gender differences. Men + women are alike in their intellect and social behavior: differences btwn men + women are due 2 socialization, not biology. Emphasizes differences btwn men + women and celebrates positive qualities historically assoc. w/ women: differences due 2 essential qualities w/i individ that r rooted in biology. Identify and define the five types of feminism presented in the text. Liberal = emphasizes goal of gender equality, same rights and opportunities. Achieve this goal by passing laws that guarantee equal rights. Cultural = emphasizes positive qualities that are stronger in women ie. nurturing, caretaking. Focuses on gender differences that value women, unlike liberal feminism. Socialist = sexism rooted in the economic and capitalistic culture of society that causes oppression of women.
