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Able-bodied<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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way to describe people who are not limited by physical impairments<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Ableism<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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individual or institutional discrimination against people with disabilities<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Agency<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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the capacity an individual has to choose and to act<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Anti-racist feminisms<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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diverse perspectives\/movements that seek to reveal the interlocking relationships between sexism, colonialism, and racism<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Cisgender<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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someone who identifies as the gender associated with their sex assigned at birth per dominant gender ideology<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Conservative feminism<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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arguments and movements to celebrate and support women's traditional social roles<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Disability<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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any condition that hinders an individual\u2019s ability to fully and equally participate in society<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Dualism<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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an ideology that sees various aspects of reality as divided into two parts or options<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Ecofeminism<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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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<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Ethnocentrism<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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evaluating other cultures by comparing them to one's own; ideology that one's own culture is superior to others<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Feminisms<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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theories, analyses, and practices (such as activism) that address the roles of gender, sex, and sexuality in social phenomena<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Gender<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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cultural and social roles, expectations, behaviours, values, and assumptions associated with masculinity or femininity<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Gender binary<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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the idea that there are only two genders, masculine and feminine<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Gender dysphoria<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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a psychological term for distress associated with a strong desire to be another gender<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Gender essentialism<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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the idea that gender identity is inherent in biological sex differences<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Gender fluidity<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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a flexible understanding, expression, or identity of gender<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Gender policing<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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the act of influencing or requiring a certain gender expression of someone<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Gender-based analysis<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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research that attends to how gender influences or impacts how people experience policies, programs, and laws<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Gendered<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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when something, such as an object, role, or quality, has had a gender assigned to it<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Gendering<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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the act of ascribing or requiring a gender of someone or something<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Hegemonic masculinity<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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ideology that encourages men to be stereotypically physically strong, unemotional, dominant, and aggressive<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Heteronormative<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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belief that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Ideology<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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A set of shared beliefs about how the world is and ought to be.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Intersectionality<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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a concept describing the interconnected and overlapping nature of social oppressions and privileges<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Intersex<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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a person born with anatomical reproductive characteristics that do not fit clearly into 'male' or 'female'<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

LGBTQIA2S+<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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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<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Liberal feminism<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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men and women should have equal rights and opportunities in terms of citizenship status, personhood, and positions of power<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Masculinist<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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espousing and prioritizing values associated with the masculinity defined by dominant gender ideology<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Misogyny<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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hatred towards women<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Neuro-divergent<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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a way to describe people who differ from what is considered normal neurological, intellectual, or mental functioning<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Neurotypical<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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a way to describe\u00a0people whose cognition, intellect, or behaviour is considered normal<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Operationalization<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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the process of taking an abstract idea, like a value, and translating it into a practice, behaviour, or procedure<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Oppression<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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injustice that arises from social hierarchies<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Participatory action research<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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research with a community with the goal to create something that benefits the community<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Policy<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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institutional decision-making\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Queer<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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not cisgender, cissex, heterosexual, or other identifiers of dominant gender ideology<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Radical feminism<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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patriarchy is the root cause of women's oppression<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Reflexivity<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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an approach that acknowledges and takes account of the role of the researcher in the production of knowledge<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Sex<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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supposed physiological and anatomical differences related to reproductive\/sexual body systems, typically understood dualistically as producing males or females<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Sexuality<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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a range of capacities for sexual attraction to others<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Social Construction<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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anything viewed to have an inherent or natural conception, but is actually established and maintained by social interests<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Social structure<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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patterns of human behaviour that persist through time and provide the context of our life chances and life choices<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Social system<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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the network of individuals, groups, and institutions that makes a tangible whole<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Socialist feminism<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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gender oppression is rooted primarily in relationship between capitalism and patriarchy<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Stereotype<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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generalization that all members of a group have a certain common quality<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Trans(gender)<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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someone who does not identify, in various ways, as the gender associated with their sex assigned at birth per dominant gender ideology<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

White privilege<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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the power of whiteness in shaping everyday life; how whiteness confers protection in institutions and society<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"back-matter-type":[38],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-167","back-matter","type-back-matter","status-publish","hentry","back-matter-type-glossary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dalcindev.pressbooks.network\/genderincanadaworkbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dalcindev.pressbooks.network\/genderincanadaworkbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dalcindev.pressbooks.network\/genderincanadaworkbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/back-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dalcindev.pressbooks.network\/genderincanadaworkbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dalcindev.pressbooks.network\/genderincanadaworkbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/dalcindev.pressbooks.network\/genderincanadaworkbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/167\/revisions\/226"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/dalcindev.pressbooks.network\/genderincanadaworkbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/167\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dalcindev.pressbooks.network\/genderincanadaworkbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"back-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dalcindev.pressbooks.network\/genderincanadaworkbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter-type?post=167"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dalcindev.pressbooks.network\/genderincanadaworkbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=167"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dalcindev.pressbooks.network\/genderincanadaworkbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}