GWSS 200 Final UW Seattle Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

GWSS 200 Final UW Seattle Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions What are the 4 levels of analysis - Answer️️ -micro, meso, maco, global Define the 4 levels of analysis - Answer️️ -A set of terms used to analyze relations among individuals or groups which go from personal or individual perspectives, to local communities' perspectives, to the national institutional level, to worldwide. Intersectionality - Answer️️ -Feminist analytic that hows how gender, class, nation, sexuality, and other social categories interlock to affect individuals and groups at all levels Biological determinism - Answer️️ -A theory which holds that a group's shared phenotype or genetics shape its social, political, and economic futures. Gender binary - Answer️️ -The belief that only two genders exist; often assumes that these two genders are diametrically opposed Theory - Answer️️ -An explanation of how things are and why they are the way they are; based on a set of assumptions, holds a perspective, and serves a purpose. Consent - Answer️️ -Ensuring the enthusiastic YES from every participant at each juncture of sexual activity ©SOPHIABENNET@ Friday, August 23, 2024 10:49 AM 2 Refugees - Answer️️ -People who flee their country due to a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, or membership in a particular social group or political opinion, and who are unwilling or unable to return because of this fear. Globalization - Answer️️ -Cultural and economic integration facilitated by the internet, international financial institutions, trade agreements, and national immigration policies. intimate partner violence - Answer️️ -Physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse. This type of violence can occur among heterosexual or same-sex couples and does not require sexual intimacy. State violence - Answer️️ -the direct use of coercive, frequently lethal force in the context of law enforcement and military operations Eugenics - Answer️️ -The belief that the human race can be "improved" through selective breeding; linked to racism and ableism. Reproductive justice - Answer️️ -The connection of reproductive rights to social and economic justice, with an emphasis on the state's unequal support of WOC's fertility and infant thriving. Reproductive rights - Answer️️ -legal pathway to getting an abortion. Symbolizes a woman's control over her own body ©SOPHIABENNET@ Friday, August 23, 2024 10:49 AM 3 Medicalization - Answer️️ -The term describes turning normal human processes, such as pregnancy and menopause, into medical issues, to be treated only by credentialed professionals, as if they were illnesses. Meritocracy - Answer️️ -Zero-sum system based on belief that unearned advantage is a result of individual worth Second shift - Answer️️ -Describes the responsibilities for household and child care by someone who also works outside the home; mostly feminized, which makes it a gender equity issue. Glass ceiling - Answer️️ -An unseen barrier to women's promotion to senior positions in the workplace. pay gap - Answer️️ -Describes the disparity between the median annual pay of all women who work full time and year-round, compared to the pay of a similar cohort of men. Capitalism - Answer️️ -An economic system in which most of the capital (raw materials, property, people's labor, other means of production), and the goods these produce, are controlled by individuals or small groups. Privileges maximum profit. Biocapacity - Answer️️ -The planet's ability to generate renewable resources and absorb produced waste. ©SOPHIABENNET@ Friday, August 23, 2024 10:49 AM 4 Environmental racism - Answer️️ -The strong correlation between distribution of environmental pollution and high-density populations of people of color in the U.S. Identity based politics - Answer️️ -Activism and politics that have a strong identity component, but also a broader view enabling connections to other groups and issues. Criminalization - Answer️️ -the process by which behaviors and individuals are transformed into crime and criminals Asylum seekers - Answer️️ -individuals who have sought inter