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The Puzzle of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Horizontales
“a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and male lineage is followed.”
The privilege given to those identifying as the gender they were assigned at birth “________________ Privilege”
People attracted to the same sex
Betty Friedan said that lesbians were a “___________ Menace” to the women’s liberation movement.
“the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.” ; term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw
“the social system that keeps all intersecting oppressions in place.” – term coined by Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza
“A black feminist or feminist of color. From the black folk expression of mothers to female children, “you acting womanish,” i.e., like a woman. Usually referring to outrageous, audacious, courageous or willful behavior. Wanting to know more and in greater depth than is considered “good” for one. Interested in grown up doings.” - Alice Walker
A social system that divides people into one of two categories with the expectation of fulfilling gender norms “Gender _________”
Verticales
Feminism that fails to include transgender individuals and only typically represents cisgender women. “_____________ Feminism.”
Words, power, benefits, and other advantages that white people are provided with in society to maintain a white supremacist dominant culture; term coined by Peggy McIntosh. “White ____________”
the idea that heterosexuality, as a default sexual orientation, can be adopted by people regardless of their personal sexual preferences. “______________ Heterosexuality.”
Bias against someone based on their sexuality
Bias against someone based on their perceived racial identity
One's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves regardless of gender at birth. “Gender _______”
“term that a person may use when they have both male and female sex characteristics. These characteristics include genitalia, hormones, chromosomes, and reproductive organs.”
“A movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression” (hooks, pp. 1)