GST 101: Patriarchy and Power Structures

4. Highly publicized progress on societal issues supports an ____________of fundamental change.
5. Male dominance does not mean that all women, as individuals, are ____________________.
6. It is easier to allow women to ________________into patriarchal society than to question society itself.
8. In a patriarchal society, men are also affirmed based on how well they live up to the __________________of manhood.
10. Out of almost forty films awarded the Oscar for Best Picture from 1965-2003, only ____________told stories through the life of someone who is female.
12. Patriarchy can't be reduced to individual or personal feelings, intentions, and motivations because it is a social_______________.
13. a system of social inequality through which one group is positioned to dominate and benefit from the exploitation and subordination of another is known as ________________________.

1. Part of what makes women powerful is their ability to embody_____________that are usually culturally defined as masculine.
2. Male dominance does not mean that all men, as individuals, are_______________________.
3. Patriarchal societies are _______ - __________ in that the core cultural ideas about what is considered good, desirable, preferable, or normal are associated with how we think about men and masculinity.
5. A type of society that promotes male privilege by being male dominated, male identified, and male centered.
6. In a patriarchal society, men are affirmed through what they __________________.
7. Public _______rarely gets beyond issues of free speech, consitutional rights, and what is wrong with an individual.
9. ____________is hard work because humans are easily threatened by anything that questions our basic assumptions.
11. One of the hallmarks of the human species is_______________.