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Liberal feminism - Familiar to many due to its core American value in regards to equality. Favors changes
in laws, customs, and values to achieve equality. Promote that men and women are quite smiliar as long
as they are given equal access to opportunites.
Radical feminism - Male control and dominance; women as a group are oppressed by men as a group;
oppression based on being a woman in one thing all over the world have in common.
WOC/Woman feminism - Began with criticism of White women's movement for excluding WOC. Focuses
on issues important in minority communities (poverty, racism, jobs, health care, education). WOC view
men slightly different too (men of color not the oppressors, but as brothers who suffer the same effects
of racism as they do). WOC are very inclusive of men.
Cultural feminism - Focuses on differences among men and women. Female traits should be valued and
honored but are DEVALUED in society. Asserts there truly are gender differences that are either genetic
or so socialized that we will never change it (and probably shouldn't). E.g. importance unpaid work for
the larger society.
Global feminism - Prejudice and discrimination against women occurs and is related across cultures.
Connects global capitalism and the oppression of women. E.g. sweatshop labor, sex trafficking, unequal
access to health care/education, violence against girls/women.
Global north - Europe and North America; developed countries.
Global south - Africa, Central/Latin America, most of Asia; developing countries; as they become more
economically developed, they become included in the Global North classification.
Intersectionality/Intersecting - The different identities you possess determine your relative social and
political power. In many ways, women can have more in common with the men in their lives than other
women from different classes and regions. All white, heterosexual, young women will have a different
life experiences and political and social power than a middle-aged black man. Identities are valued in
hierarchical fashion all over the world; light skin favored over dark skin; male favored over female; high
SES favored over low SES.
, Globalization - Refers to the transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones and
describes the unification of people around the world into a global community; includes both economic
and cultural forces.
Four types of transnational feminist networks - Networks that target the neoliberal economic policy
agenda or those policies that endorse free markets and economic privatization.
Those that focus on the dangers of fundamentalisms and insist on women's human rights.
Women's peace groups that target conflict, war, and imperialism.
Feminist humanitarian networks that address women's practical needs as well as their strategic interest.
How did men viewing commercials where women were sexually objectified affect their sexist
behavior/stereotypes? - Men who saw them were more likely to recognize negative female stereotype
words (bimbo). When asked to interview female applicants for a job, the same men rated the women as
less competent and remembered less about her resume and more about her appearance. Leads people
to distort how they see women and how they behave towards women.
According to lecture, how did Western media globalization affect the island of Fiji? - TV arrived at Fiji in
1995. Prior to 1995, there was 3% of eating disorders in girls ages 15-19. In 2007, there was 15% of
eating disorders in girls ages 15-19, 62% of girls dieting and 74% and girls feeling "too big or fat".
What are reasons we see gender divides in ICT access between countries? - Reasons include differences
in literacy and education levels, differences in employment in the ICT sector, financial autonomy within
family structures, and age.
In what ways have new Disney movies changed yet also stayed the same? - Disney Corporation is
especially important in regard to producing movies and merchandise supplying traditional notions of
racialized gender. Even though new Disney movies are much improved in terms of representation of
women of color, they still show sexualized and eroticized characters.
What double edged problem does the Global South face when it comes to the emergence of global
media markets? - Lagging behind in Global North technology access but depends on that access to get
out of the poverty cycle.
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