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environmental justice

the concept of addressing such inequity... low income people are more susceptible to environmental danger

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.

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

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

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

self starvation

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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