Understanding Patriarchy in Johnson and King's Essays

Moving away from blaming individuals for the existence of patriarchy, and instead focusing on the underlying social structures that contribute to it.

Patriarchy impacts everyone, not just women, and invites men to understand their roles in perpetuating or challenging it.

Making the complex concept of systemic oppression easy to understand for a wide audience.

Applying the understanding of patriarchy to other forms of oppression like racism and classism to see how they all connect.

Suggesting a change in the underlying values of society, moving away from dominance and control towards equality and compassion.

Collective action, education, and cultural transformation are needed to dismantle patriarchy.

Understanding that oppressive systems are created and maintained by social norms and structures.

Providing practical steps that people can take in their daily lives to resist patriarchal norms.

The idea that men and women are fundamentally different, based on a division of mind and body, with men representing mind and culture, and women representing body and nature.

The belief that reason, logic, and intellect are superior to emotions, senses, and instinct.

The concept that cultural and social norms are separate from nature and biology, and that men's dominance stems from their connection to the former.

The practice of subjecting the female body to scrutiny, control, and objectification.

Challenging Foucauldian ideas and applying them to a feminist critique of gender.

Identifying the ways in which traditional gender roles are reinforced by cultural categories like mind/body, culture/nature, and reason/emotion.

The idea that men and women are viewed as opposites based on these cultural categories.

The body is seen as a simple vessel for the mind, neglecting its complexity and importance.

King's central argument that societal expectations confine individuals, particularly women, within a set of predefined roles and social norms, creating a sense of imprisonment.

This essay is significant for connecting Foucauldian theory with feminist thought, analyzing the relationship between disciplinary power and gender.

The essay critiques cultural forces that promote unattainable beauty standards - highlighting these norms as tools of social control.

King challenges the idea that conforming to beauty standards is empowering, suggesting instead that such choices are shaped by societal pressures and not purely out of individual will.

King's framework expands to include how factors like race and class intersect with gender in shaping the policing of bodies.

The essay calls for challenging and resisting the oppressive social norms that limit individuals, particularly women, within the context of gender expectations.

A system of power where men hold dominance, shaping social structures, institutions, and relationships.

The idea that violence against women is a multifaceted and complex issue that cannot be reduced to simple explanations. It recognizes the impact of both physical and symbolic forms of violence, highlighting the need for a nuanced understanding of how power dynamics, gender roles, and cultural norms contribute to it.

Discrimination based on sex or gender, typically targeting women and girls, often rooted in the belief that one sex is superior.

The act of using feminist rhetoric and concerns to justify military interventions, often overlooking the potential for unintended consequences and perpetuating a cycle of violence.

A common example of sexism where roles and expectations are based on biological sex, often limiting women to domestic roles and viewing them as less capable than men.

The need to reevaluate or reconsider dominant Western feminist perspectives on gender, taking into account the diverse experiences, perspectives, and understandings of gender from Indigenous communities and other cultures.

Actions by individuals, groups, and institutions that reinforce patriarchy through economic exploitation and social control of women and girls.

The practice of incorporating Indigenous understandings of gender as integral components in a broader feminist framework, contributing to a more inclusive and diverse understanding of gender equality.

The extreme form of sexism involving intense dislike and prejudice towards women.

Examining how governments and militaries manipulate gender narratives to achieve their political and strategic goals, often using feminist language to mask their true intentions.

Patriarchy and sexism often result in the devaluation of women's roles and contributions, especially in the domestic sphere.

Patriarchy is not just about individual behaviors, but a system that shapes societal structures and reinforces inequality.

Patriarchy is not just about men and women; it affects everyone's roles and expectations.

A concept explaining how different forms of oppression (like race, gender, and class) interact and reinforce each other.

A system of power that benefits men and disadvantages women, based on the belief that men are superior.

The idea that categories like 'men' and 'women' are not just biological, but also defined by power dynamics and social hierarchies.

The idea that different forms of prejudice (like sexism, racism, homophobia) are often interconnected and may even reinforce each other.

The idea that patriarchy is not just about individual men being sexist, but also about the social structures that perpetuate male dominance.

The idea that people who are prejudiced against one group are often prejudiced against other groups as well.

The idea that patriarchy is a complex and interconnected system of power that shapes all aspects of society.

A situation where people are denied access to certain opportunities due to their identity (e.g., race, gender, class).