Critically studies gender and its relation to power, and the play out of these concepts in economy, politics, sexuality, race, and nationality
Feminist theory
Aims to criticize and transform society by analyzing the conflicts and contradictions in gender
Promotes gender equality, social justice, and women's rights
Calls for a critical view and replacement of the patriarchal order in society
Gender
Socially constructed roles, behaviors, expressions, and identities
Traditional gender ideology
Attitudes regarding the appropriate roles, rights and responsibilities of men and women in society
Patriarchy
A social organization wherein a male heads a certain unit of society
Men dominate in private (household) and public spheres (government, education, media, etc.) through privileges
According to feminist theory, some societies are systematically patriarchal
Intersectionality theory
Posits that an individual or a group of individuals has overlapping identities that interrelate and reinforce each other to create marginalization (able to do things or have access to basic services or opportunities)
These identities can be their multiple sources of oppression
