Bell hooks - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Gender Gap in Employment correct answer: 57% of women of working age participate in labor force, 75% of these workers are part-time. Larger % of black women are part-time. 67% of men of working age participate in labor force. 69% of married women are full time workers. 38% of female-headed households are in poverty. Gender Gap in Wage correct answer: White women make 81% of what white men earn. Asian women make 92% of what white men earn. Black women make 68% of what white men earn. Latina ...

What did Bell Hooks write? - Feminism is for Everybody Main arguments? - -defining feminism -patriarchy as institutionalized sexism -patriarchy perpetuates the ideas that fem is anti-male -history of feminism -sexism and patriarchy confine us Definition of Feminism - a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression Definition of sexism - prejudice, discrimination and oppression rooted in gender Definition of Institutionalization - embedding norms within an organization or soc...

The form of feminism bell hooks identifies in which women work within the existing power structures to maximize their freedom is called:  :-- Reformist feminism In what previous publication written about in "Feminist Politics" does bell hooks define feminism?  :-- Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center Where does bell hooks claim that radical feminism has been most accepted?  :-- Academia Allen Johnson claims that patriarchy is:  :-- A system Some critics objected to Jo...

QUESTION: ‘We begin to move against domination, against oppression.’ (bell hooks) The two video games are Tomb Raider and Grand Theft Auto, however, you can choose to apply my choice of quotes and analysis to your video games.

Feminism notes 5 key thinkers beliefs simplified Strands of feminism Liberal feminist Social feminist Intersectional/post modern feminism Impacts of: human nature, economy, state, society Core beliefs: personal is political, sex and gender, patriarchy, equality and difference, intersectional

Race -A social construction - Imposing social meanings onto real and/or imagined physiological characteristic (superiority/inferiority) - A way to legitimize the colonial subjugation/subordination of European colonized and continue to deny them access to resources - Racism in engrained in nation building - Seen as static/fixed, inherent and unchangeable - Socially grounded in politics, capitalism, and unequal social relations among different groups of people - Maintained by dominant elit...

Race -A social construction - Imposing social meanings onto real and/or imagined physiological characteristic (superiority/inferiority) - A way to legitimize the colonial subjugation/subordination of European colonized and continue to deny them access to resources - Racism in engrained in nation building - Seen as static/fixed, inherent and unchangeable - Socially grounded in politics, capitalism, and unequal social relations among different groups of people - Maintained by dominant elit...

The key ideas of the following thinkers to exemplify the content from parts 1 and 2: Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) Kate Millett (1934– ) Sheila Rowbotham (1943– ) bell hooks (1952– )

What did Bell Hooks write? - Feminism is for Everybody Main arguments? - -defining feminism -patriarchy as institutionalized sexism -patriarchy perpetuates the ideas that fem is anti-male -history of feminism -sexism and patriarchy confine us Definition of Feminism - a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression Definition of sexism - prejudice, discrimination and oppression rooted in gender Definition of Institutionalization - embedding norms within an organization or soc...

If patriarchy is ingrained in our society which of the following statements best describes this idea?  :-- All aspects of patriarchy In the society in which you live and participate in on a daily basis, the majority of the positions of power and authority — political, economic, legal, religious, educational — are generally reserved for men. What core concept pertains to a society in which positions of power and authority are generally reserved for men?  :-- Patriarchy What ...