FEMINISM

hardly believe the fair sex is capable of principles - Kant Though questioning the natural differences between men and women, says in one book that participation enlarges the self, and in another assumes women choose the domestic life - Mill We own what we produce, yet women work hard to produce what they never expect to own. - Nozick Point of political philosophy 'not only to understand the world but to change it' - Marx & Engels Grouped feminist political philosophy into four camps; l...

Liberal feminist wave advocating for equal education, the right to vote, better working conditions, etc. 'There is no female mind' -What was First Wave Feminism? Liberal feminist wave with some radical and socialist feminism. More based around need to destroy patriarchy to obtain equality with some advocating a cultural revolution -What was Second Wave Feminism? Expanded on radical feminism seeing institutions as further entrenching the patriarchy -What was Third Wave feminism? Based on...

Human nature for feminists - Women have biological differences but they are irrelevant. essentialism - we must take the differences into account to help women. What did betty Frieden say about imposing expectations on themselves? - women impose the role of children on themselves. The state for socialist feminists - Say that the current state oppresses women (as it does lower classes) with the patriarchy and economically. The state for liberal feminists - The state should help women through...

What do radical feminists (old feminists) dislike about the 4th wave? E.g. Kate Millett - 2nd wave believe you shouldn't conform to the patriarchy's demands whereas the 4th wave believe you should wear what you like to feel empowered. Believe women had a choice regarding the Harvey Weinstein scandal Feel uncomfortable accepting transgender women as women as they have not had the same prejudices against them e.g. reproductive rights. Sex - The biological differences between men and women ...

Liberal Feminism - -Explains oppression of women in terms of of unequal access to existing political, economic, and social institutions -Concerned with women's rights being equal to those of men and that women have equal access to opportunities -Criticized because it accepts existing institutions rather than trying to change them Socialist Feminism - -Sees oppression of women in terms of their subordinate positions in the patriarchal and capitalist systems -Focus on collective change and...

Briefly outline the 4 waves of feminism - First wave (1850s-1940s): focused on legal and political rights of women, mostly famously via the suffragette movement, culminated in equal suffrage (1928). Second Wave (1960s-80s): focused on the different roles that society expected of men and women. Concepts of patriarchy, sex v. Gender and the personal is the political. Third wave feminism (1990s): concerned with intersectionality, feminism thus far had focused solely on white middle class women...

On what grounds have radical feminists claimed that 'the personal is the political'? --Radical feminism has been closely associated with the idea that 'the personal is the political'. By this they mean that female oppression operates in all walks of life, public and private, and in many respects originates in the family itself. -Radical feminists tend to view the process of conditioning in the family, the distribution of housework and other responsibilities and the politics of personal ...

What are the 4 types of feminism? -Liberal Radical Difference Marxist What do liberal feminists believe the main cause of the oppression of women? -The society in the past and the environment they are bought up in- women are oppressed because in the past it was acceptable for women to take the expressive role. Who believes oppression of women is caused by the personal relationship between men and women? - Radical "Men use their dictatorship to have power"-? -Radical What do differenc...

Waves of Feminism - - First Wave Feminism: Emerged in the mid 19th century and concentrated on the campaign for the vote and equal legal rights. In the UK it ended with the extension of the vote to women in 1918 and full suffrage in 1928. - Second Wave Feminism: Held to have started in the 1960s. It focused on the personal, psychological and social aspects of women's oppression ad aimed for liberation rather than reform. - Third Wave Feminism: Has moved feminism away from the aims of educa...

7 types of feminism - Radical, Liberal, Marxist, Difference, Black, Post structural and Dual system Radical feminism - They blame men for women's oppression. Men dominate and control women in all areas of society, both public and private. What is the solution of oppression to radical feminists? - Separatism Consciousness raising Political lesbianism Examples of male domination in private - Domestic violence (Dobash and Dobash) Taker's of shit (Ansley) Triple shift (Duncombe and Marsden...