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Able-bodied

way to describe people who are not limited by physical impairments

Ableism

individual or institutional discrimination against people with disabilities

Agency

the capacity an individual has to choose and to act

Anti-racist feminisms

diverse perspectives/movements that seek to reveal the interlocking relationships between sexism, colonialism, and racism

Cisgender

someone who identifies as the gender associated with their sex assigned at birth per dominant gender ideology

Conservative feminism

arguments and movements to celebrate and support women's traditional social roles

Disability

any condition that hinders an individual’s ability to fully and equally participate in society

Dualism

an ideology that sees various aspects of reality as divided into two parts or options

Ecofeminism

a movement and analysis that identifies sexism, racism, classism, and ecological/environmental degradation as having the same cause in patriarchy, colonialism, and other social oppressions

Ethnocentrism

evaluating other cultures by comparing them to one's own; ideology that one's own culture is superior to others

Feminisms

theories, analyses, and practices (such as activism) that address the roles of gender, sex, and sexuality in social phenomena

Gender

cultural and social roles, expectations, behaviours, values, and assumptions associated with masculinity or femininity

Gender binary

the idea that there are only two genders, masculine and feminine

Gender dysphoria

a psychological term for distress associated with a strong desire to be another gender

Gender essentialism

the idea that gender identity is inherent in biological sex differences

Gender fluidity

a flexible understanding, expression, or identity of gender

Gender policing

the act of influencing or requiring a certain gender expression of someone

Gender-based analysis

research that attends to how gender influences or impacts how people experience policies, programs, and laws

Gendered

when something, such as an object, role, or quality, has had a gender assigned to it

Gendering

the act of ascribing or requiring a gender of someone or something

Hegemonic masculinity

ideology that encourages men to be stereotypically physically strong, unemotional, dominant, and aggressive

Heteronormative

belief that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation

Ideology

A set of shared beliefs about how the world is and ought to be.

Intersectionality

a concept describing the interconnected and overlapping nature of social oppressions and privileges

Intersex

a person born with anatomical reproductive characteristics that do not fit clearly into 'male' or 'female'

LGBTQIA2S+

lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, intersex, asexual, two-spirit, and other ways that people identify as not conforming to dominant gender ideology and/or heteronormativity

Liberal feminism

men and women should have equal rights and opportunities in terms of citizenship status, personhood, and positions of power

Masculinist

espousing and prioritizing values associated with the masculinity defined by dominant gender ideology

Misogyny

hatred towards women

Neuro-divergent

a way to describe people who differ from what is considered normal neurological, intellectual, or mental functioning

Neurotypical

a way to describeĀ people whose cognition, intellect, or behaviour is considered normal

Operationalization

the process of taking an abstract idea, like a value, and translating it into a practice, behaviour, or procedure

Oppression

injustice that arises from social hierarchies

Participatory action research

research with a community with the goal to create something that benefits the community

Policy

institutional decision-makingĀ 

Queer

not cisgender, cissex, heterosexual, or other identifiers of dominant gender ideology

Radical feminism

patriarchy is the root cause of women's oppression

Reflexivity

an approach that acknowledges and takes account of the role of the researcher in the production of knowledge

Sex

supposed physiological and anatomical differences related to reproductive/sexual body systems, typically understood dualistically as producing males or females

Sexuality

a range of capacities for sexual attraction to others

Social Construction

anything viewed to have an inherent or natural conception, but is actually established and maintained by social interests

Social structure

patterns of human behaviour that persist through time and provide the context of our life chances and life choices

Social system

the network of individuals, groups, and institutions that makes a tangible whole

Socialist feminism

gender oppression is rooted primarily in relationship between capitalism and patriarchy

Stereotype

generalization that all members of a group have a certain common quality

Trans(gender)

someone who does not identify, in various ways, as the gender associated with their sex assigned at birth per dominant gender ideology

White privilege

the power of whiteness in shaping everyday life; how whiteness confers protection in institutions and society

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