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Glossary

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A

AAPI

Ableism

Abortion

Abstinence-only Sex Education

Affirmative Action

Affirmative Consent / “Yes Means Yes”

Allyship

Antisemitism

Asexual

B

Benevolent Sexism

Bigotry

Binary

BIPOC

Bisexual

Bodily Autonomy

Buffer Zone

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby

C

Campus SaVE Act

Cisgender / Cis

Cisnormativity

Clery Act

Clinic Violence

Coercion

Commodity feminism

Complementarianism

Comprehensive Sex Education

Consent

Content Warning

Contraception

Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC)

Cultural Appropriation

Cultural Humility

D

DARVO

DEI

Diaspora

Dilation and Curettage (D&C)

Discrimination

E

Economic Justice

Emergency Contraception

Emosogynist

Emotional Labor

Empowerment feminism

Environmental Justice

Equal Rights Amendment / ERA

Essentialism

Exoticization

F

FACE Act

Fake Clinic

Fat Shaming

Fear-based Sex Education

Feminazi

Feminism

Feminist

Feminist Theory

Fetal Personhood Laws

First-wave Feminism

Fourth-wave Feminism

G

Gaslighting

Gay

Gender Binary

Gender Fluid

Gender Gap

Gender Identity

Gender Roles

Genderqueer

Generational Wealth

Glass Ceiling

Griswold V. Connecticut

H

Helms Amendment

Herstory

Heteronormative

Hierarchy

Higher Education Act of 1965

Homophobia

Hostile Sexism

I

Incel

Institutional Racism

Internalized Sexism / Internalized Misogyny

Intersectional Feminism

Intersectionality

Intersex

Intimate Partner Violence / IPV

Invisible Labor

Islamophobia

J

Judicial Bypass

K

Kyriarchy

L

LARC

Lesbian

M

Male gaze

Mansplaining

Manspreading

Manterrupting

Marginalization

Marginalized

Medical Abortion

Menstrual Equity / Period Equity / Period Poverty

Mental Load

Microaggressions / Subtle Acts of Exclusion

Misandry

Misogynoir

Misogyny

Monogamy

MRAs

N

Naturalization

NIFLA V. Becerra

Non-binary

O

Oppression

P

Pansexuality

Parental Consent Laws

Parental Notification Laws

Patriarchy

Performative Allyship

Pink Tax

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey

Polyamory

Privilege

Pro-Choice

Psychological Aggression

Purity Culture

Q

Queer

R

Racial Justice

Racism

Rape Culture

Reproductive Justice

Reproductive Labor

Reproductive Rights

Resistance

Roe v. Wade

S

SANE Nurse

Second Shift

Second-wave Feminism

Self-care

Sex

Sex positive

Sex Worker Exclusionary Radical Feminist (SWERF)

Sexism

Sexual Abuse

Sexual Assault

Sexual Consent

Sexual Harassment

Sexual identity

Sexual Objectification

Sexual Orientation

Slut-shaming / Sex-shaming

Stalking

Stochastic Terrorism

Surgical Abortion

T

Tampon Tax

Third-wave Feminism

Title IX

Title X

Toxic Masculinity

Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF)