2 Theories of Gender and Power Free Online FlashCards

What does liberal feminism emphasize?

Liberal feminism emphasizes equal rights, individual freedom, and fair access to opportunities such as education, employment, and political participation.

Why may equal rules fail to create meaningful opportunity?

Equal rules may not create meaningful opportunity when people begin with unequal conditions, such as unequal access to childcare or workplaces that reward constant availability.

What does radical feminism mean by patriarchy?

Radical feminism examines patriarchy: systems of power that privilege men and constrain women. It analyzes how norms and institutions can reproduce gendered domination.

How might radical feminism analyze workplace harassment?

It asks how workplace authority, gender expectations, and tolerance of coercive behavior help make harassment possible, beyond whether an individual rule was violated.

What does socialist feminism connect gender inequality to?

Socialist feminism connects gender inequality to economic organization, including the organization and valuation of paid work, unpaid domestic labor, and caregiving.

How do production and reproduction differ in socialist feminism?

Production means making goods and providing paid services. Reproduction means maintaining people and daily life, including care and childrearing.

What does poststructuralist feminism examine?

It examines how language, knowledge, and social norms shape ideas of what is natural, normal, or possible, including the meanings attached to gender categories.

What is gender performativity in Judith Butler’s account?

Repeated acts and conventions help make gender categories appear fixed and natural. Performativity does not mean freely choosing a role like a costume.

What does queer theory critically examine?

Queer theory examines how societies establish norms about gender, sexuality, relationships, and identity, and how institutions give those norms authority.

What distinct emphasis does queer theory bring to poststructuralist thought?

Queer theory gives particular attention to sexuality, normativity, and how identities are treated as normal or deviant; poststructuralist feminism has a broader focus on language, knowledge, and categories.

What does transnational feminism study?

It studies gender in relation to cross-border histories and structures, including colonialism, migration, global labor, and economic globalization.

How might transnational feminism analyze clothing production?

It can connect garment workers’ conditions in one country to consumer markets, company decisions, and labor policies elsewhere.