Feminism Tenants

4. The idea that gender roles are socially created, not innate.
7. Harmful norms that pressure men to suppress emotion and assert dominance.
9. / Othering The process of defining women as “the other,” secondary to men (Beauvoir).
10. The idea that women are fulfilled only through domesticity (criticized by Friedan).
11. A social system where men hold primary power.
12. Belief that genders have fixed, natural traits.

1. Using feminism as a marketing tool, often watered-down for profit.
2. Feminist literary theory focused on women’s writing and experiences.
3. How overlapping identities (race, gender, class, etc.) shape oppression/privilege.
5. A Black feminist framework centering the experiences of women of color.
6. Rights relating to bodily autonomy, contraception, and abortion access.
8. Viewing women from a heterosexual male perspective, objectifying them.