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Threshold Concept  :-- can be considered like a portal, opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something. It represents a transformed way of understanding, or interpreting, or viewing something without which the learner cannot progress. Feminism  :-- the advo...

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WGS Test #1 Questions and Answers
Threshold Concept


 :-- can be considered like a portal, opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of

thinking about something. It represents a transformed way of understanding, or

interpreting, or viewing something without which the learner cannot progress.




Feminism


 :-- the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.




Feminist


 :-- Advocates feminism.




Believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes




Uses feminism as a lens for understanding the world




Principles of Feminism


 :-- 1.) Equality and justice for all women -eliminate systems of inequality and injustice




2.) Inclusive and affirming of women - celebrates women and their achievements




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Personal perspective and social movement




Waves of Feminism


 :-- - 1st wave feminism (Mid 1800's to early 1900's)




- 2nd wave feminism (1960's to 1980's)




- 3rd wave feminism (Early 1990's to present)




1st Wave Feminism (Mid 1800's to early 1900's)


 :-- Issues: Political personhood, women's suffrage




- Many 1st Wave feminists had experience in Abolition Movement




- Started with Seneca Falls Convention (1848)




- Propelled by white, middle-class women; focused on women as a uniform group




- 19th Amendment adopted in 1920, granted women the right to vote




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2nd wave feminism (1960's to 1980's)


 :-- Issues: Family, reproductive justice, workplace rights, safety from violence,

elimination of cultural sexism




- Emerged during the

"cycle of protest"




- Challenged generic notion

of "woman"

*Inclusive of women of

color, women from

developing nations

*Race/class/sexual

identity (intersections)




"The personal is political"




- Women's Studies emerges

*First program at San Diego State University - 1970

*Now more than 700 programs across the U.S.




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