GWST 1502 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: White Privilege, Indian Act, Bell Hooks
3 Dec 2017
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Binary thinking--as discussed in lecture and anne fausto-sterling"s dueling dualisms, this term refers to a way of seeing pairs of opposing concepts, objects or belief systems as inherently different and incompatible. Race and gender are socially constructed through binary logic. For example, white/other, white/indigenous, white/black and male/female; these binaries have been constructed and reinforced historically by science, social institutions and movements, and the law. There are problems with this way of thinking, as we automatically value one side over the other. This is significant because it erases and marginalizes those people whose experiences are in between (e. g. bisexuality, intersexed people, trans people). First-wave feminism-- as discussed in lecture, this term refers to the social movement focused on women"s political rights/issues such as suffrage and situating women"s identities as legal persons in the early 1900s. It is classified as largely conservative and racist for its privileging of white, upper-class motherhood, and is an example of white privilege.
