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Who is credited with defining cyborgs as 'post-Second World War hybrid entities'?
Who is credited with defining cyborgs as 'post-Second World War hybrid entities'?
- Shulamith Firestone
- Anthony Giddens
- R.W. Connell
- Donna Haraway (correct)
Which concept, identified by second-wave feminists, posits that gender differences are innate, transcultural, and historical?
Which concept, identified by second-wave feminists, posits that gender differences are innate, transcultural, and historical?
- Essentialism (correct)
- Behaviorism
- Functionalism
- None of the Above
Which of Ann Oakley's works is considered seminal in explicating the constructed nature of gender?
Which of Ann Oakley's works is considered seminal in explicating the constructed nature of gender?
- Sex, Gender and Society (correct)
- Invisible Women
- The Feminine Mystique
- The Gendered Object
What term describes a patterned system of ideological and material practices that shapes power relations between genders?
What term describes a patterned system of ideological and material practices that shapes power relations between genders?
What does the term 'heterosexism' primarily refer to?
What does the term 'heterosexism' primarily refer to?
Which group is associated with the manifesto titled 'The woman identified woman'?
Which group is associated with the manifesto titled 'The woman identified woman'?
Which concept in queer theory describes the establishment of heterosexuality and complementary gender roles as normal and natural?
Which concept in queer theory describes the establishment of heterosexuality and complementary gender roles as normal and natural?
What term identifies individuals who reject static gender identities and may identify as a combination of or neither man nor woman?
What term identifies individuals who reject static gender identities and may identify as a combination of or neither man nor woman?
In which year did the Stonewall Riots, a pivotal event in the gay liberation movement, occur?
In which year did the Stonewall Riots, a pivotal event in the gay liberation movement, occur?
What term is closely associated with cross-dressing within the context of non-heterosexual behavior?
What term is closely associated with cross-dressing within the context of non-heterosexual behavior?
What is the subtitle of Michel Foucault's 'The History of Sexuality'?
What is the subtitle of Michel Foucault's 'The History of Sexuality'?
Who founded the National Organization for Women (NOW)?
Who founded the National Organization for Women (NOW)?
Which theorist is known for their work on the concept of abjection?
Which theorist is known for their work on the concept of abjection?
Who is the author of 'Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire'?
Who is the author of 'Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire'?
Who is credited with coining the term 'corporeal feminism'?
Who is credited with coining the term 'corporeal feminism'?
Which wave of feminism prominently featured consciousness-raising (CR) as a key strategy?
Which wave of feminism prominently featured consciousness-raising (CR) as a key strategy?
Who is the author of 'Thinking Sex', a significant essay in Queer Studies?
Who is the author of 'Thinking Sex', a significant essay in Queer Studies?
In which century did liberal feminism begin to take shape?
In which century did liberal feminism begin to take shape?
Who is known as the founder of Womanism?
Who is known as the founder of Womanism?
Which month is internationally recognized and celebrated as Pride Month?
Which month is internationally recognized and celebrated as Pride Month?
Flashcards
Who is Donna Haraway?
Who is Donna Haraway?
Post-Second World War hybrid entities of organic creatures in high-tech information systems.
What is essentialism?
What is essentialism?
The belief that gender differences are innate, ahistorical and transcultural.
What is Sex, Gender and Society?
What is Sex, Gender and Society?
A foundational text exploring the constructed nature of gender roles in society.
What is gender order?
What is gender order?
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What is heterosexism?
What is heterosexism?
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What are the Radicalesbians?
What are the Radicalesbians?
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What is Heteronormativity?
What is Heteronormativity?
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Who are genderqueer?
Who are genderqueer?
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What are the Stonewall Riots?
What are the Stonewall Riots?
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What is Transvestism?
What is Transvestism?
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What is The Dialectic of Sex?
What is The Dialectic of Sex?
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What is a bifurcation of consciousness?
What is a bifurcation of consciousness?
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What is gender?
What is gender?
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Who is Michel Foucault?
Who is Michel Foucault?
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Who is Judith Butler?
Who is Judith Butler?
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Who is bell hooks?
Who is bell hooks?
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Who is Adrienne Rich?
Who is Adrienne Rich?
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Who is Susan Gubar?
Who is Susan Gubar?
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What is Écriture féminine?
What is Écriture féminine?
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What is One is not born, but rather becomes a woman?
What is One is not born, but rather becomes a woman?
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Study Notes
- Donna Haraway defined cyborgs as post-Second World War hybrid entities composed of organic creatures, information systems, texts, and ergonomically controlled systems.
- Essentialism was originally identified by second-wave feminists.
- It assumes gender differences are innate, transcultural, and historical.
- Ann Oakley's Sex, Gender and Society explicates the constructed nature of gender.
- Gender order refers to a patterned system of ideological and material practices.
- These are performed by individuals, shaping power relations between women and men.
- Heterosexism is an ideology that privileges heterosexual people, relationships, behaviors and attitudes.
- The manifesto "The woman identified woman" was written by Radicalesbians.
- Heteronormativity is a key concept that relates how heterosexuality and complementary masculine and feminine gender roles are established.
- Gender Queer refers to individuals who identify as a combination of man and woman.
- The Stonewall Riots happened in 1969.
- Transvestism refers to the cross-dressing associated with nonheterosexual behavior.
- The History of Sexuality is subtitled The Will to Knowledge.
- Betty Friedan is the founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
- Julia Kristeva theorized about abjection.
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick penned Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire.
- Elizabeth Grosz coined the term "corporeal feminism".
- Consciousness Raising (CR) was a key aspect of second-wave feminism.
- Gayle Rubin wrote "Thinking Sex," a seminal essay in Queer Studies.
- Liberal feminism began in the 18th century.
- Alice Walker is the founder of Womanism.
- June is celebrated as Pride Month.
- Naomi Woolf coined the term "victim feminism."
- The Dialectic of Sex is a work by Shulamith Firestone.
- Luce Irigaray belongs to French Feminism.
- Dorothy E. Smith coined the term "bifurcation of consciousness."
- Matrix of Domination was not written by Nancy Chodorow
- Sex is determined by anatomy.
- Gender is independent of anatomy.
- Gender is a social construction.
- Michel Foucault analyzed sexual identities as constructed under the impulse of power drive and power competition.
- Judith Butler authored Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity.
- Bell hooks wrote Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism.
- Adrienne Rich proposed the notion of lesbian continuum.
- Susan Gubar co-authored with Sandra Gilbert in The Madwoman in the Attic.
- Eve Sedgwick wrote Epistemology of the Closet.
- Elaine Showalter proposed that the order of three phases in the history of women's writing is: feminine phase, feminist phase, female phase.
- Elaine Showalter said the feminine phase in the history of women’s writing is from 1840 - 80.
- Écriture féminine is a French term.
- Hélène Cixous proposed écriture féminine.
- The Laugh of Medusa is an essay by Hélène Cixous.
- Julia Kristeva used the terms the symbolic and semiotic to designate two different aspects of language.
- Simone de Beauvoir said, "One is not born a woman; but rather becomes one."
- The Second Sex was published in 1949.
- The title The Madwoman in the Attic is from the novel Jane Eyre.
- Lesbian and gay literary theory emerged as a distinct field in the 1990s.
- Carol Ann Duffy wrote the poem "Standing Female Nude."
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a novel with lesbian subject matter written by Jeanette Winterson.
- French feminism is more overtly theoretical.
- Luce Irigaray is a French feminist.
- Elaine Showalter coined the term "gynocritics."
- John Stuart Mill wrote The Subjugation of Women.
- Judith Butler coined the term "gender performativity".
- The Mandarins was not written by Judith Butler.
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