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environmental justice
the concept of addressing such inequity... low income people are more susceptible to environmental danger
medicalization
the process whereby normal functions of the body come to b seen as indicative of disease
corporate responsibility
imp when discussing womens health. how national and global corporations with strong profit motives affect our lives in terms of environmental degradation and toxic exposure, food additives, and problematic medical practices and the ways decisions at the state and federal level affect these practices.
reproductive choice
involves being able to have safe and affordable birthing and parenting options; reliable , safe and affordable birth control technologies ; freedom of forced sterilization and the availability of abortion.
eugenics
idea that certain groups have more right to reproduce than others
economic globalization
processes that integrate economies toward a global marketplace or a single world market as illustrated by the rapid growth or transitional corporations and complex networks or production and consumption
quid pro quo
sexual favors are required in return for various conditions of employment
hostile work environment
no explicit demand for an exchange of sexual acts for work-related conditions but being subjected to a pattern of harassment as part of the work environment
horizontal segregation
segregation of women and men across different kinds of jobs "pink collar" jobs are often women's jobs-reproductive labor or unpaid work in the home
vertical segregtion
segregation within jobs and it functions as a result of sexism and racism and other systems of inequality and privilege
glass escalator
the practices whereby men who go into traditionally female dominated professions like teaching, nursing, and social work are disproportionately advanced into managemnt and administrative positions where they receive more prestige, pay, and power than women
glass ceiling
barriers to advancement in the labor force
glass precipice
the process whereby women are encouraged into leadership positions in failing organizations and companies and are disproportionately set up to fail professionally
gender wage gap
an index of the status of women's earnings relative to men;'s and is expressed as a percentage and is calculated by dividing the median annual earnings for women by the median annual earnings for men
gender consciousness
our self awareness as women--awareness of women's vulnerability and celebration of women's difference
feminist consciousness
feminism politicizes gender consciousness inserts it into a systematic analysis of histories and structures of domination and privilege. feminism asks questions
liberal activists
these activists have worked within the system and advocated change from within. their approach locaes the source of inequality in barriers to inclusion and advancement, and they have worked to change women's working lives through comparable worth, sexual harassment policy, and parenting leaves
radical activists
attempts to transform the system rather than to adapt the existing system
multi-issue approach to activism
organizing on many fronts over a variety of different issues that include political, legal, and judicial changes, educational reform, welfare rights, elimination of violence, workplace reform, and reproductive issues
multi-strategic approach to activism
relying on working coalitions that mobilize around certain shared issues and involve different strategies toward shared goal
double standard
women's worth is more tied to bodily appearances than men's worth portrayals of female beauty are more significant in women's lives
objectification
seeing the body as an object and separate from its context
disciplinary body practices
taken for granted routined behaviors such as shaving, applying makeup, straightening hair
anorexia
self starvation
bulimia
binge eating then purging or vomiting
compulsive eating
addiction to food and using food as comfort
anorexia athletica
compulsive exercising, not being able to eat in public
biological determinism
the assumption that a persons biology or genetic makeup rather than the culture or society, determines that person's destiny
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