American Women's Studies

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  1. feminism
    a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women
  2. feminist
    a supporter of equal rights for women
  3. feminist movement
    the movement aimed at equal rights for women
  4. women's liberation movement
    the movement aimed at equal rights for women
  5. social movement
    a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
  6. Betty Friedan
    United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921)
  7. political correctness
    avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against
  8. right to vote
    a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
  9. double standard of sexual behavior
    a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)
  10. double standard
    a code applying more strictly to one group than to another
  11. self-expression
    the expression of one's individuality
  12. activism
    a policy of action to achieve a political or social goal
  13. harassment
    the act of tormenting by persistent attacks and criticism
  14. equality
    the quality of being the same in quantity, value, or status
  15. suffrage
    a legal right to vote
  16. suffragette
    a woman advocate of women's right to vote
  17. misogyny
    hatred of women
  18. patriarchal
    of a social organization with the male as the head
  19. American
    of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
  20. rape
    the crime of forcing someone to submit to sexual intercourse
  21. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  22. entertainment
    an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
  23. stimulation
    any information or event acting to arouse action
  24. politics
    the activities involved in managing a state or a government
  25. organization
    the persons who make up a body administering something
Created on Mon Jan 06 11:16:58 EST 2014 (updated Tue Jan 14 11:59:46 EST 2014)

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