Growing Strong
Glossary Ableism - Acts or beliefs that devalue or discriminate against people with physical, intellectual or psychiatric disabilities. In a capitalist economy where your value is in direct relation to how much profit you can create for your boss, those who cannot work according to demand are deemed disposable.
customer service roles. Also often used to refer to the burden of being expected to provide unreciprocated emotional support because women are stereotyped as nurturing. Enterprise Bargaining Period - Australia has very strict strike laws, meaning workers can only go on strike during their Enterprise Bargaining period. This can occur every couple of years, depending on what industry. This is when workers can negotiate their contracts and fight for better conditions and wages.
Binary - Relating to or involving two things. Often used in feminist discussions to refer to the limiting belief that there are two discrete genders which are discrete, i.e. the ‘gender binary’. Reducing everything to binaries necessarily devalues anything that lies outside those two categories. For example, trans and intersex people do not fit within the gender binary and this basis are discriminated against.
Gaslight - A form of deliberate psychological abuse where the perpetrator manipulates someone into doubting their own sanity, in order to gain control. Often misued in internet culture to refer to normal interpersonal conflicts and disagreements.
BIPOC - ‘Black, Indigenous and People of Colour’. This term exists to emphasise the unique struggles of Black and Indigenous people. The umbrella term ‘People of Colour’ can overshadow the importance of their fights.
Gendered Labour - The way work is divided between men and women according to gender is usually referred to as the ‘gendered division of labour’. This concerns not only paid work but also the work and responsibilities assigned to people in their daily roles, including in the home as well as in organising or activist spaces.
Capitalism - Our current socio-economic system which is based on the exchange of commodities and on the exploitation of wage labour for profit. Different countries and businesses compete against one another for profits and expansion. It dictates how society is organised.
Heteronormative - Relating to a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal or preferred sexual orientation.
Cis/Cisgender - someone whose personal sense of gender corresponds with their assigned sex at birth.
Internalised Sexism - When the belief in women’s inferiority becomes part of one’s own worldview and conceptualisation of themselves and others.
Colonial - Relating to the invasion, violation and ongoing control of lands and the societies inhabiting them.
Intersectionality - The interconnected nature of social categorisations such as race, class and gender, creating overlapping and interdependent systems of oppression. A framework that sees all oppressions as linked
Emotional Labour - The labour of managing your emotions for work, specifically in 03
