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Gender and Feminism

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Feminism

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Feminism

Sex - biological constitution as female or male gender - our cultural programming as feminine or masculine. varies within cultures "On ne nait pas femme, on le devient" Simone De Bouvet - One is not born a woman one becomes one Homophobia: - Fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against, hom...

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Gender and Feminism
Sex - ✔✔✔biological constitution as female or male

gender - ✔✔✔our cultural programming as feminine or masculine.

varies within cultures

"On ne nait pas femme, on le devient"

Simone De Bouvet - ✔✔✔One is not born a woman one becomes one

Homophobia: - ✔✔✔Fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against, homosexuals

Hetrosexalist - ✔✔✔presumption that everyone is heterosexual, and naturally superior

Nature vs Nurture - ✔✔✔extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either
inherited (i.e. genetic) or acquired (i.e. learned) characteristics.

Nature - ✔✔✔Differences btw men and women are:

Innate

Biological, physiological

Fairly fixed

Nurture - ✔✔✔Differences btw men and women are:

Learned

, Psychological, social, cultural

Due largely to environment

Changeable

Gender roles Social learning theory: - ✔✔✔social interaction.

reinforcement or imitation and modeling.

one boys and girls preferred dolls over cars 57.2% of girls choose the doll along with 56.4% of boys. By
the age of two more boys favoured the car. 52.7% of girls and 47.9% of boys favoured the doll. The male
preference for cars over dolls is evident as he grows older. This indicated that socialisation results in the
male shunning of female toys not inborn factors. (Curtis 2014)

Gender roles Cognitive development theory - ✔✔✔Environment

socialisation

Parental infulence

structure vs agency

Gender roles Feminist approaches: - ✔✔✔Gender : socially constructed role

Focus on power differences and inequality.

rise of gender neutral parenting

Types of feminism Egalitarian - ✔✔✔Promotes equality through equal rights

freedom from oppressive gender roles

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