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A member of an advantaged social group that enjoys some privilege, that is actively working to end oppression and understand their own privilege, and eliminate oppressive beliefs in themselves and their communities.
The tendency to have an opinion, or view, that is often without considering evidence and other information. Bias can come in many forms and is related to prejudice and intuition
Individuals whose gender identity and expression line up with their birth-assigned sex.
Tasks that require a high degree of understanding or management of one's own emotions as well as other people's emotions. The tasks are also commonly "extra" or undervalued for the amount of actual labor or time spent on them, and left out of official job descriptions or task assignments even when the function is vital to the organization (emotional labor is related to, but distinct from the Second Shift).
Common emotional labor tasks might include teaching skills while managing the student's expectations and emotional responses, or staying calm and collected in a heated customer service situation.
A form of manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, hoping to make them question their own memory, perception, and sanity.
A concept to describe the ways in which oppressive institutions are interconnected and cannot be examined separately from one another.
To put or keep (someone) in a powerless or unimportant position within a society or group.
A blend of the word man and the informal form splaining of the verb explaining and means "to explain something to someone, characteristically by a man to woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing"
A term used to describe a sexual predator whom many people know cannot be trusted, but who, rather than shunning, they work around by trying to quietly warn others. The term was coined by the blog The Pervocracy in 2012.
Neopronouns are gender-neutral pronouns used in place of the singular "they." Example: The presenter is from Brazil and ey will be demonstrating a new web framwork written in LOLCODE. For a guide on how to use many English language pronouns and neopronouns, visit Pronoun Island.
An individual whose gender blends elements of being a man or a woman, or whose gender is different than either male or female. People whose gender is not male or female use many differnt terms to describe themselves, with nonbinary being the most common. Other terms include genderqueer, agender, bigender, genderfluid, and more.
Systemic, pervasive inequality present throughout society that benefits people with more privilege and harms those with fewer privileges.
An unearned advantage given to some people but not all. Individuals with privilege are considered to be the normative group, leaving those without access to this privilege invisible, unnatural, deviant, or just plain wrong. Most of the time, these privileges are automatic and most individuals in the privileged group are unaware of them. Some people who can “pass” as members of the privileged group might have access to some levels of privilege.
A pronoun is a part of speech that refers to either the people talking (I or you) or something that is being talked about (she/them/ver/faer/it/this etc.) Gender pronouns (they/she/ze/he/ve/fae etc.) specifically refer to people that you are talking about. For a detailed guide on how many different English language pronouns, visit Pronoun Island. See also Neopronouns.
A sociological concept used to describe a setting in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality.
The act of jumping into a discussion with demands for evidence and answers to questions.
The workload women have over and above what men have. In mainstream society, women's second shift mostly consists of childcare, eldercare, and domestic labour.
The uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature especially by a person in authority toward a subordinate (such as an employee or student)
A situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group.
Individuals whose gender identity is different than the gender that was assigned at birth.