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birdcage analogy (from Marilyn Frye)  :-- The wires that make up a birdcage are analogous to different agents of oppression. Each one represents one agent. When you look at each one microscopically, it is easy to suggest that the bird just fly around that one wire. However, one must look at...

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WGS Quiz 1 Questions and Answers
birdcage analogy (from Marilyn Frye)


 :-- The wires that make up a birdcage are analogous to different agents of oppression.

Each one represents one agent. When you look at each one microscopically, it is easy to

suggest that the bird just fly around that one wire. However, one must look at the

birdcage macroscopically in which all the wires come together and trap the bird in,

representing multiple agents of oppression.




The wires must be looked at in relation to each other.




"oppression" key word/analogy (from Marilyn Frye)


 :-- "press"= to mold/ hold back




The bonsai tree has been clipped down and artificially treated to restrict its growth, just like

certain minorities or women are held back.




difference between oppression and suffering (from Marilyn Frye)


 :-- oppression is systematic but suffering is not




example: women are systematically oppressed by being paid less than men, but men are suffering

from not being able to cry




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immobilization of women (from Marilyn Frye)


 :-- Women are physically immobile because the norm is to wear high heels and tight

clothes.




They are mentally immobile because the norm is to become caregivers and not enter the

workplace.




They are just treated as sexual objects.




double bind (from Marilyn Frye) ***


 :-- When women are caught between two forces, and bot the forces are losing situations.




Examples:

slut vs. prude

docile vs. dominant (when leader in the workforce)




male door-opening ritual (from Marilyn Frye)


 :-- The idea that men are expected to open the door for women.




Based on women being passive and the idea of chivalry




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