FEMINIST THERAPY TEST 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Liberal Feminists - Answer-They focus on helping individual women overcome the limits and constraints of traditional gender-role socialization patterns
Liberal Feminism - Answer-The goal of therapy under this feminist philosophy is to eliminate p...
FEMINIST THERAPY TEST
2 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Liberal Feminists - Answer-They focus on helping individual women overcome the limits
and constraints of traditional gender-role socialization patterns
Liberal Feminism - Answer-The goal of therapy under this feminist philosophy is to
eliminate psychotherapy practices that have supported traditional socialization and are
based on biased views about women and men.
Cultural Feminists - Answer-They believe that oppression stems from society's
devaluation of women's strengths, values, and roles and highlight the value of
interdependence over individualism.
Cultural Feminism - Answer-The major goal of therapy under this feminist philosophy is
social transformation through the infusion of feminine values (such as cooperation,
altruism, and connectedness) into the culture.
Radical Feminists - Answer-They focus on the oppression of women that is embedded
in patriarchy and seek to change society through activism and equalizing power.
Radical Feminists - Answer-They strive to identify and question the many ways in which
patriarchy dominates every area of life.
Radical Feminism - Answer-The major goals of therapy under this feminist philosophy
are to transform gender relationships, transform societal institutions, and increase
women's sexual and procreative self-determination
True - Answer-Socialist and radical feminists share the goal of societal change. True or
False?
Socialist Feminists - Answer-They focus on multiple oppressions and believe solutions
to society's problems must include considerations of class, race, sexual orientation,
economics, nationality, and history.
Socialist Feminism - Answer-The major goal of therapy under this feminist philosophy is
to transform social relationships and institutions.
, Postmodern feminists - Answer-They provide a model for critiquing other traditional and
feminist approaches, addressing the issue of what constitutes reality and proposing
multiple truths as opposed to a single truth
Women of color feminists - Answer-They believe it is essential that feminist theory be
broadened and made more inclusive.
Lesbian Feminists - Answer-They share commonalities with many aspects of radical
feminism.
Women of color feminism - Answer-It includes an analysis of the intersections of
multiple oppressions, an assessment of access to privilege and power, to recognize the
importance of the spiritual dimension of human experience, and to emphasize activism.
Lesbian Feminism - Answer-It include an analysis of the intersections of a person's
multiple identities and their relationship to oppression and to recognize the diversity that
exists among lesbians.
Global International Feminists - Answer-They take a worldwide perspective and seek to
understand the ways in which racism, sexism, economics, and classism affect women in
different countries.
Global International Feminists - Answer-They assume that each woman lives under
unique systems of oppression see a need to address those cultural differences that
directly contribute to women's oppression.
Androcentric - Answer-A characteristic of traditional theories which used male-oriented
construction to draw conclusions about human nature
Gendrocentric - Answer-A characteristic of traditional theories which proposes separate
development paths for women & men.
True - Answer-A central concept in feminist therapy is the importance of understanding
and acknowledging the psychological oppression of women and the constraints
imposed by the sociopolitical status to which women have been relegated. True or
False?
True - Answer-Feminist Therapy does not have a single founder. Rather, it has been the
collective efforts by many. True or False?
Jean Baker Miller, M.D. - Answer-She is a clinical professor of Psychiatry of Boston
University School of Medicine who collaborated with diverse groups of scholars and
colleagues on the development of relational-cultural theory.
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