Key Terms
What is son preference?
Son preference refers to cultures that give rights and value to boys over girls, for example, only allowing male children to inherit property.
What is an example of a reproductive right not related to pregnancy?
Varies
T/F: Global gender studies is about putting women above men.
False
Since the Taliban have taken political control of Afghanistan, it is forbidden for women to leave the house without a male escort.
True
T/F: The United States is the only "high income" country that does not guarantee maternity leave.
True. The other nations are:
What is the difference between sex and gender?
How are reproductive rights tied to intersectionality? Give an example.
African American women are 4x more likely than white women in the US to die giving birth.
T/F: Global women's and gender studies is about activism and empowerment.
True.
Why did China implement the One Child Policy?
Fear of overpopulation leading to starvation.
What is the difference between normative and non-normative rape?
Non-Normative rape is in violation of the victim's will and social norms. Normative rape is in violation of the victim's will but not social norms.
What is ethnocentrism?
The belief that one's own culture is superior and other cultures must conform to be "right" or fair.
Define reproductive rights.
The right to reproductive health care and the right to reproductive self-determination
T/F: A multicultural, intersectional, and contextualized approach is central to global women's studies.
True
Why does outlawing FGM not end the practice in Somaliland? What solutions work to discourage the practice?
Without economic equality, girls must get married for financial security. Many men in Somaliland only want a cut bride as it conveys virginity and purity. The solution is education (most men do not know the adverse health outcomes), and increased political rights for women (so they are not dependent on marriage).
What is son preference? What is an example we have seen this semester?
Son preference refers to cultures that give rights and value to boys over girls, for example, only allowing male children to inherit property. Examples vary.
How does the women's rights as human rights approach intersect with cultural relativism?
If a cultural practice violates the human rights of women, then we must end the practice.
Why is outlawing FGM and arresting the parents and medical practitioners who perform FGM criticized by activists as an ethnocentric solution? (Think of the case in the United States)
It drives the practice underground and makes harm reduction impossible. Cultural change is needed.
True/False: This is a theme of global gender studies.
Global women's and gender studies emphasizes the importance of cultural relativism.
False.
Name one of the causes of the gender wage gap.
“Pink collar” jobs pay less
Family responsibilities=part time work
Human Capital: Unpaid care work=less job training & experience
Outright gender wage discrimination
Define sexual rights. Give an example of a negative sexual right.
Sexual rights are human rights related to sexuality. An example of a negative sexual right is the freedom from sexual harassment.
According to Burns, IPV is higher in countries with:
1) Restrictive tax laws
2) Restrictive divorce laws
3) Restrictive education laws
4) All of the above
2) Restrictive divorce laws
Since 1990, 59 countries around the world have RESTRICTED abortion access. Only 11 countries have INCREASED abortion access, showing that legal abortion access is decreasing globally.
False. The majority of the world is increasing abortion rights.
True/False: This is a theme of global women's studies
Global women's and gender studies sees gender inequality as a historical, sociocultural phenomenon
True
What are coercive pro-natalist policies? Give an example.
Define the materialist approach to understanding women's historical oppression.
Economic Dependence
Social, historical, and alterable
Social institutions from material forces (private property creates patriarchy)