| 1 | Patriarchy | पुरुष प्रधान व्यवस्था जहाँ सत्ता, निर्णय और मूल्य पुरुष के पक्ष में | Sylvia Walby – Theorizing Patriarchy (1990) | “Patriarchy is a system of social structures and practices in which men dominate, oppress and exploit women.” |
| 2 | The Personal is Political | निजी अनुभव भी राजनीतिक शक्ति-संरचना से प्रभावित | Carol Hanisch – essay The Personal is Political (1969) | “There are no personal solutions at this time. There is only collective action for a collective solution.” |
| 3 | Intersectionality | जाति, वर्ग, नस्ल, लैंगिकता आदि के मिलकर होने वाले भेदभाव | Kimberlé Crenshaw – Mapping the Margins (1991) | “Intersectionality is not about identity, it’s about the way structures make certain identities the consequence of and the vehicle for vulnerability.” |
| 4 | Androcentrism | समाज में पुरुष अनुभव को ही सामान्य मानना | Charlotte Perkins Gilman – The Man-Made World (1911) | “It is the male who is taken as the norm; the female becomes the ‘other’.” |
| 5 | Gender Performativity | लिंग कोई स्थायी सत्य नहीं, बल्कि दोहराए गए कार्यों से बनता है | Judith Butler – Gender Trouble (1990) | “Gender is not something one is, it is something one does, an act… a doing rather than a being.” |
| 6 | Male Gaze | कला, मीडिया में महिलाओं को पुरुष दृष्टि से देखना | Laura Mulvey – Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema (1975) | “Women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact.” |
| 7 | Double Burden | महिलाओं पर घरेलू काम और पेशेवर काम दोनों का दबाव | Hochschild & Machung – The Second Shift (1989) | “Women come home to their ‘second shift’ after a day’s work.” |
| 8 | Sisterhood | महिलाओं की आपसी एकता और सहयोग | bell hooks – Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984) | “Sisterhood is powerful not because women are the same, but because together they can resist oppression.” |
| 9 | Consciousness Raising | व्यक्तिगत अनुभव से सामूहिक राजनीतिक चेतना बनाना | Radical Feminist groups (1960s–70s) | “Sharing our stories helps us recognize shared oppression.” |
| 10 | Misogyny | महिलाओं के प्रति घृणा या नफ़रत | Kate Manne – Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (2017) | “Misogyny is the system that polices and punishes women who step out of line.” |
| 11 | Standpoint Theory | ज्ञान महिलाओं के सामाजिक अनुभव से भी उपजता है | Sandra Harding – The Science Question in Feminism (1986) | “Women’s experiences provide a more complete and less distorted view of social reality.” |
| 12 | Essentialism | यह मानना कि सभी महिलाएँ स्वभाव से एक जैसी होती हैं | Critiqued by bell hooks & Chandra Talpade Mohanty – Under Western Eyes (1984) | “There is no universal woman’s experience.” |
| 13 | Ecofeminism | महिलाओं और प्रकृति दोनों पर शोषण के बीच संबंध | Vandana Shiva – Staying Alive (1988) | “Women have been the first victims of ecological degradation.” |
| 14 | Liberal Feminism | क़ानून और नीतियों से समान अधिकार की माँग | Betty Friedan – The Feminine Mystique (1963) | “A woman has the right to choose her own path.” |
| 15 | Radical Feminism | पितृसत्ता को जड़ से खत्म करने की माँग | Shulamith Firestone – The Dialectic of Sex (1970) | “The personal is political.” |
| 16 | Socialist Feminism | पितृसत्ता और पूंजीवाद दोनों का विश्लेषण | Heidi Hartmann – essay The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism (1979) | “Patriarchy and capitalism are intertwined systems of oppression.” |
| 17 | Body Politics | शरीर पर सत्ता, नियंत्रण और राजनीति | Susan Bordo – Unbearable Weight (1993) | “The female body becomes a text of culture.” |
| 18 | Reproductive Rights | गर्भनिरोध, गर्भपात आदि पर महिलाओं का अधिकार | Margaret Sanger – Birth control activist | “No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her own body.” |
| 19 | Tokenism | दिखावे के लिए महिलाओं को शामिल करना | Feminist critique of institutions | “One woman at the top does not mean equality.” |
| 20 | Glass Ceiling | महिलाओं की अदृश्य सीमा, जिससे वे शीर्ष पदों तक नहीं पहुँच पातीं | Term popularised by Marilyn Loden (1978 speech) | “An invisible barrier that keeps women from rising beyond a certain level.” |
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