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late 1960-mid 80’s that campaigned for woman’s equality in all spheres of life.

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second wave feminism

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organizations and projects untaken by suffragist and woman rights advocates from 1830-1920

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first wave feminism

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1990’s often by younger women with emphasis on personal voice and multiple Identies, intersectionality, ambiguity, and contradiction

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third wave feminism

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issues seen from a personal or individual perspective

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micro level

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issues individuals and groups as viewed from a community or local perspective

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meso level

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issues individuals and groups seen from a national institutional perspective

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marco level

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issues individuals and groups seen from a world wide perspective

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global level

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differential treatment against less powerful groups, by those of dominance

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discrimination

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ideology
ideas attitudes and values that represent the interest of a group of people. the dominant comprise the ideas, attitudes, and values that represent the interest of the dominant groups.

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ideology

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attitudes and behaviors that relegate certain people to the social, political, and economic margins of society by branding them and their interests as inferior unimportant or both

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marginalization

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attitudes actions and institutional practices that subordinate people on the basis of their gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender orientation and identification

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heterosexism

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attitudes actions and institutional practices that subordinate individuals because of their gender

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sexism

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racial prejudice and discrimination that are supported by institutional power and authority.

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racism

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attitudes and behaviors by which people are treated as if they were “things”

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objectification

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the process of turning people into things, or commodities, for sale. example is the commodification of woman’s bodies through advertising and media representation

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commodification

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a perspective that links health and reproductive rights to broader issues of social and economic justice. it offers view of wellness for individuals communities and the wider society based on eradication of inequality oppression and justice

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reproductivejustice

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the belief that the human race can be “improved” through selective breeding; linked to racism and able-bodyism

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eugenics

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he roles and behaviors considered culturally appropriate for women or man.

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GENDER ROLES

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a division of duties between men and women under which women have the main responsibility for home and nurturing and the men are mainly active in the public sphere

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gendered division of labor

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responsibilities for household chores and child care mostly by women after having already done a fulls days work outside the home

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second shift

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contemporary form of cultural and economic integration facilitated by electronic media, international financial institutions trade agreements, and national immigration policies.

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globalization

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(Convention on the Elimination of all form of Discrimination Against Women) it defines what constitutes against discrimination against woman

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CEDAW

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(Violence Against Women Act) was signed into law as part of the Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
Authorized funds for battered women’s shelters and community initiatives

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VAWA

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Economic, political, and cultural domination by which a nation maintains or extends its control and influence over other nations, creating new forms of colonialism

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Neocolonialism

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Economic philosophy and policies that call for the freedom of business to operate with minimal interference from governments, international organizations, or labor units

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Neoliberalism

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This domestic labor includes biological and social reproduction, mainly done by women, to maintain a daily life, raise children, care for elders, and so on.

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Reproductive Economy