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Psychology of Women
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Psychology of women | Subfield of psychology that focuses on the lives and experiences of giirls and womenof women |
| Feminism | a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression |
| feminist psychology | psychological researvch and theory explicitly informed by feminism |
| psychology of women + feminism = | feminist psychology |
| oppression | the ways in which certain people experience degradation because of political, economic, or social realities |
| intersectionality | ways n which different types of opression aere interconnected and therefore cannot be studied seperately |
| first wave | womens sufferage (1848 convention-1920) |
| second wave | 1960, equal work- white/middle class |
| third wave | 1990s, intersectionality, raunch culture |
| fourth wave | #metoo |
| women of colour in feminist waves | disregarded largely |
| liberal feminism | similarities between women and men, eliminate gender barriers, STRUCTURAL INEQUALITIES |
| radical feminism | fundamental form of oppression in PATRIARCHY, ANDROCENTRICISM, not men-haters, TERF |
| lesbian feminism (radical branch) | sexual/reproduction central place ofoppression, COMPULSORY HETERSOSEXUALITY |
| post-colonial/transnational feminism | legacy of colonialism, western women prioritized, THIRD WORLD FEMINISM |
| women of colour feminism | white supremacvy, response to ethnocentricism, highlight sexual assault, WOMANISM |
| queer feminism | heteronormativity, binary construction |
| socialist feminism | oppression=capitalism, |
| myth of meritocracy | perception that economic mobility is easily attainable through hard work (women work 2X) |
| cultural feminism | lack of value places on unique experiences, perspectives, qualities of women, GENDER ESSENTIALISM |
| Gender essentialism | women and men are not equal, biology/genetics (opposite liberal) |
| Womanism | encompasses feminism but doesnt prioritize it over other forms of oppression |
| third world feminism | shouldnt focus on commonalities between women, but address issues from multiple perspectives and not assume unity (intersectional) |
| dr mamie phillips clark | effects of racism on black children- brown v board of education evidence |
| psychology of women became a study when | 1960s-civil rights activism |
| focua of feminist psychologists during 1960s | sexism in clinical practice, impact of discrimination on mh, role of gender in personality shaping and beh, experience of girls from diff backgrounds |
| positivism | idea that science is progressive and cumulative (objectivity, neutrality, rationality) |
| modern feminist psychology fiocus | impact of privilege on historically marginalized groups, intersectionality, aligned with queer feminists and question binary |
| ADDRESSING model | age/generational, developmental/disability, religion/spiritual, ethnic/racial, social class, sexual orientation, indigenous hertiage, national origin, gender |
| social stratification | idea that people are ranked in hierarchy (power ladder) |
| matrix of domination | the idea that each sysetem of bias interconnects and stems from same hierarchy idea (power ladder = interconnected bias) |
| privilege | advantages that are unearned |
| dominant v subordinate groups | privilege v other |
| invisibility | multiple marginalized social characteristics invisible |
| conferred dominance | group has more authority over another |
| lygitimizing myths | attitudes, valued and beliefs that exist to justify hierarchy |
| scapegoating | privilege confrontation |
| sexism | bias based on belief that men are above women |
| stereotype | characteristics of a group generalized (gender rles) |
| gender roles | behaviours within a culture that are considered acceptanble or desirable for a person percieved by their sex/gender |
| agenic stereotype | assertive, dominant, get things done |
| communal stereotype | warm, friendly, concerned with others, emotionally expressive (no power) |
| femmephobia | hostility toward feminine traits |
| model minority | fitting a stereotype |
| self-stereotyping | confirming stereotypes behaviour willingly |
| stereotype threat | negatively affects performance-reinforce stereotype |
| doing gender | social expectations influence performance of gender and social interactions |
| backlash effects | social and econimo=ic penalties in response for violating stereotypes |
| prejudice | pre judgement |
| discrimination | discriminating behaviours/unfair treatment |
| overt sexism | unequal treatment easy identify |
| modern sexism | subtle or indirect sexism (implicit) |
| cissexism | cisgender = more ligitamite |
| denial of discrimination | dismissing existance or sig of discrimination |
| gender microaggressions | brief everyday acts of sexism demean and insult (stereotyping |
| selective incivility | rude condecending toward a socially marginalized group |
| ambivalent sexism | contemporary sexism |
| hostile sexism | negative, derogatory |
| benevolant sexism | seems nice, its not |
| paternalistic chivalry | protect/cherish women |
| gender fair language | refers to all people with inclusive language forms |
| deadname | name that trans person killed lmao |
| reappropriation | raclaiming a slur |
| gender stratifu=ication hypothesis | diff between men and women realated to level of gender equality |
| neurosexism | claim that fixed biological diff justify stereotypes |
| plasticity | change of brain in response to environment/experience |
| heteronormative assumptions | genes, hormones, genetics, sex, gender, expression, orientation, relationships |
| binary | too simple categorization |
| gender expression | expression of gender |
| gender bundle | intersectional approach to binary |
| gender identity | understanding of oneself as gendered |
| cisgender | sex = gender |
| trans | sex =! gender |
| minority stress theory | identity carries social stressors |
| distal minority stress | overt discrimination |
| proximal minority stress | internalization/self stigma |
| stigma awareness | heightened fear encounter discrimination |
| intersex | born with different anatomy than single sex |
| KS | more than 1 x and one or two y |
| turners | xo |
| androgen insensitivity | testosterone not connect to receptors |
| congenital adrenal hyperplasia | overproduction of androgens |
| dsd | differences of sexual development |
| normative discontent | normal state of dissatisfaction/unhappiness |
| tripartite model of social influence | combination of parents, peers, and media constitutes key influence on body image |
| cultivation theory | greater exposure to medua makes images seem more realistic and believable (social comparison) |
| faceism | face prominence in men, not women |
| process of self objectification | experience, identification, self objectification, body survalence, body shame, negative outcomes |
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