FeminismThe advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.
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The belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes.
OppressionUnjust treatment or control.
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The practice of treating a person or group of people unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time.
IntersectionalityThe complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, or intersect.
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The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender, creating overlapping and independent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
PatriarchyA system or society where men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.
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A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line.
MarginalizationThe treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral.
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To relegate to a lower or outer edge, of specific groups of people within a society.