22 Cards in this Set
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Killing Us Softly (Film)
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Kilbourne - uncovers a steady stream of sexist and misogynistic images and messages; showing a world of thin women in positions of passivity; restrictive code of femininity that undermines girls around the world
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Women's' Right to Vote
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1920, 19th amendment passed; Elizabeth Stanton, Susan B Anthony, and Lucy Stone were important figures; suffragettes were women who campaigned for the right to vote
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Margaret Sanger
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American birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse; opened first birth control clinic in US; criticized by opponents of birth control and for supporting eugenics
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Nature vs. Nurture
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is a homosexual orientation intimately intertwined with a persons true identity as a human being
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Eugenics
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the theory and practice of improving the genetic quality of the human population; advocating the improvement of human genetic traits through the promotion of higher reproduction of people with desired traits
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Feminism
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a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women and men
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1800s
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first wave of feminism - moved to join the abolitionist movement
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1960s
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second wave of feminism
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hatred, we vs. them, throwing up a shield between the faithful and the realities
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unifying agents of social movements
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glorification of the past, restoring honor, myths build up around "right thought", put up a shield
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aspects of social mass movements
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no men, no leaders, from personal to social issues
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consciousness raising groups
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divorce, abuse, periods, rape, work, pay
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topics of conscious raising groups
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eating disorders
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food is ritual, food is nurturing; 8 million Americans have eating disorder; women associated with all parts of food except eating; eating disorders have highest mortality rate of any mental illness; barbie
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barbie
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3 billion people don't come close; disproportional; would die of chronic diarrhea and malabsorption and malnutrition; news cast
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FMG
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over 130 million women; types include clitorectomy, excision, infibulation; cultural but enforced by religion
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empower daughters, ensure marriage, protect family name, show growth into womanhood, keep virginity
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types of FMG
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thin, white, tall, blond, big breasted
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American beauty myth
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scars, long neck, "hidden girls," "American eyes"
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beauty myths around the world
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patriarchy
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social system where men hold power within the system (feminists want to fight the system not men)
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male gaze
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men watching from a standpoint of power and judgement; renders women silent; female gaze is of adoration; cinema
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homophobia
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said only to be a bedroom issue; right to be who we are; sexual invisibility; suicide
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homosexual identity to be viewed as viable and legitimate; combat lesbian baiting; stop accepting the norm; don't blame the victim
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Pharr's suggestion for eliminating homophobia
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Study Guide: Waves of Feminism