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GENDER PRIVILEGE [5 records]

Record 1 2024-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

Gender oppression is an effect of the social process of gender relations that institutionalize and reproduce certain norms of gender to privilege the dominant group and marginalize, exclude, or cause other harm to the oppressed group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Droits et libertés

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
  • Derechos y Libertades
OBS

La Real Academia de la Lengua Española desaconseja el uso de la palabra "género", del inglés "gender", para todas las nociones relativas a diferencias o desigualdades de índole social, económica, política, laboral, etc. En español, debe emplearse el término "sexo" y sus derivados "sexista", "sexual".

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Record 2 2024-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Women
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
CONT

Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender, systems of privilege and oppression, and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social locations such as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and disability.

OBS

women’s studies; female studies; feminist studies; gender studies: Although these terms are sometimes used interchangeably, they can refer to distinct study approaches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des femmes
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Grades et diplômes
OBS

études sur les femmes; études féministes; études sur le genre : Bien que ces termes soient parfois employés de manière interchangeable, ils peuvent désigner des approches d'études distinctes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la mujer
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
  • Grados y diplomas (Educación)
DEF

Enfoque académico, generalmente interdisciplinario, del análisis de la condición femenina y de las correlaciones sexistas, así como de lo relativo a las diferencias hombre-mujer en todos los demás ámbitos.

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Record 3 2023-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

When someone is "typically gendered, "they benefit from gender privilege. For individuals whose biological sex, gender expression, and gender identity neatly align, often referred to as "cisgender, "there is a level of congruence as they encounter the world around them.... Social privilege comes from an assumption that one's own perspective is universal; whether related to race, or language, or gender, privilege comes from being part of the "norm. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
DEF

An analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's identity(for example, sex, gender, age, ethnicity, class, religion, sexual orientation, ability) combine to create particular forms of discrimination and privilege.

OBS

This framework helps to better understand the cumulative effects of different forms of oppression (for example, racism, sexism, homophobia).

OBS

Members of marginalized groups are more likely to face discrimination and prejudice as a result of the interaction of different aspects of their identity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie
DEF

Cadre d'analyse qui permet de comprendre comment les différents aspects de l'identité d'une personne (par exemple, le sexe, le genre, l'âge, l'ethnicité, la classe sociale, la religion, l'orientation sexuelle, les capacités) se combinent pour créer des formes particulières de discrimination et de privilège.

OBS

Ce cadre permet de mieux comprendre l'effet cumulatif de différentes formes d'oppression (par exemple, le racisme, le sexisme, l'homophobie).

OBS

Les membres de groupes marginalisés sont plus susceptibles d'être exposés à de la discrimination et à des préjugés en raison du recoupement des différents aspects de leur identité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología
DEF

Herramienta analítica que reconoce que las desigualdades sistémicas se configuran a partir de la superposición de diferentes factores sociales como el género, la etnia y la clase social.

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Record 5 2023-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
DEF

The advantages enjoyed by a person or group of people as a result of their membership in a given social group or category.

PHR

gender privilege, linguistic privilege, racial privilege, socioeconomic privilege

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie
DEF

Ensemble des avantages dont profite une personne ou un groupe de personnes en raison de leur appartenance à un groupe social donné ou à une catégorie sociale donnée.

PHR

privilège de genre, privilège linguistique, privilège racial, privilège socioéconomique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología
DEF

Exención de una obligación o ventaja exclusiva o especial que goza alguien por concesión de un superior o por determinada circunstancia propia.

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