White Privilege & Men Privilege
Advantages and benefits (societal, economical, etc.) that white people experience simply because of their skin color.
What is white privilege?
When race, gender, social class, and status intersect and influence a person's experiences and opportunities.
What is intersectionality?
Discrimination against people with disabilities.
What is ableism?
They were accepted by the people.
What did the people think about homosocial relationships between women in 19th century?
Peer pressure and societal expectations of how teenage boys have to act and behave.
What influences the constuction of masculinity in high school?
Advantages and benefits (societal, economical, etc.) that men experience simply because of their gender.
What is a male privilege?
Kimberle Crenshaw.
Who coined the term "intersectionality"?
Overlooking women with disabilities.
What does Roher critique traditional feminism for?
By letter-writing and physical touch.
How did women express their love to other women in the 19th century?
Yes. Gun violence is a gender issue.
Is gun violence a gender issue?
Intersectionality.
Male privilege and white privilege are often associated with?
A Black woman can experience discrimination because she is a woman, but also because of her race.
What are examples of intersectionality?
Women with disabilities face oppression not only because of their gender, and skin color but also because they are disabled.
How does intersectionality connect to disability and feminism?
By giving women their autonomy, intimacy, and a safe environment to allow them to share emotional expressions outside of traditional and heterosexual relationships they had with their husbands.
How did the non-normative female friendships challenge patriarchal structures in the 19th century?
Supporting gender inequality.
What is a hegemonic masculinity?
Being able to get medical help without race interfering with it, seeing a huge white representation in the media, being not afraid of law enforcement.
What are examples of white privilege that McIntosh lists in the reading?
It means that various forms of oppression reinforce each other, therefore they cannot be ranked because all of them are interconnected.
What does the term "There Is No Hierarchy of Oppression" mean?
By including disability analysis in a feminist work.
How can feminism become more inclusive?
They were less accepted than in the 19th century.
How were homosocial relationships viewed in 20th century?
Gay men.
Who is oppressed by the hegemonic masculinity?
Privilege maintains its power by protecting unequal systems from changing and by perpetuating structures that only benefit a certain group of people.
How does privilege maintain its power?
We can achieve true liberation through solidarity and a collaborative fight against every single form of oppression.
According to Audre Lorde, how can we achieve true liberation?
Disability analysis can challenge ableism, let the unheard voices of women with disabilities be heard, and advocate for a policy change.
How can disability analysis contribute to feminism?
These relations helped women define their identities and desires. They did not have to be just moms or wives. Homosocial relations challenge traditional gender norms by allowing women to be autonomous outside of the patriarchal structures they had to conform to normally.
How did the homosocial relationships challenge traditional gender norms?
It means that the society and culture shapes the way men should behave, think, and express their own feelings. It is not something a person is born with, but rather something that a person learns from social interactions with others.
What does masculinity as a social construct mean?