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WMST Final Exam
15 cards·by TheQueenAngel1
what political activity that is an extension of women's role as wife and mother
materialism
what movement spans across multiple nations to resist gender inequalities, influence
policy making, and insert a feminist transnational acti
transnational feminists movements
a name for women's voting rights
suffrage
when women are drawn into politics because the safety & health of their families is threatened
accidental activisim
the sum of campaigns by groups and assoc. using a variety of tactics to change women's position
in society
women's movement
a motivation for women's movements that arises out of concerns about an immediate issue
facing women
practical gender interests
a motivation for women's movements that arises out of a desire to bring large scale gender
social change
stratigic gender interests
governement structures such as bureaus and agencies that are changed with addressing
women's issues and equality
state femininism
feminists bureaucrats who work as part of government structures
femocrats
politcal actions including grassroots protests and political action organized by
nongovernmental organizations
informal politics
women's voting patterns shifts from more conservatice than men's, to aligning with men's, to
becoming more liberal than men's
gender realignment
estimated 30% minimum for women in a legislative body necessary to exert a meaningful
influence on politics
critical political mass
knowledge of the process required for political participation
political literacy
inalienable rights possessed by virtue of being human such as right to life, liberty, and
security of person
Universal Human Rights
the organizational expression of the transnational feminist movement
Transnational Feminists Networks (TFNs)