Feminism Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Theory correct answer: An idea about something or set of ideas to explain something or interpret facts of events Different theories explain the same events in different ways correct answer: True Sometimes theories are in competition with each other correct answer: True Sometimes theories can be used together correct answer: True Building blocks of theories correct answer: Propositions are at the top concepts assumptions epistemologies Epistemologies correct answer: one's...

ALEVEL ENGLISH LITERATURE A* EXEMPLAR NEA - On To what extent does capitalism in Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka alienate the worker from himself. Using Marxist and Feminist Lens. A* (25/25 marks) Using Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

This includes quotes by key Feminist thinkers according to the Pearson Edexcel A-level Politics specification, It is divided into different themes (Human nature, The state, the economy and society).

Transformations: Women, Gender and Psychology, 3e (Crawford) Chapter 1 Paving the Way 1) Psychologists began to realize that most psychological knowledge about women and gender was ________. A) created by men B) anti-woman C) male-centered D) misogynistic 2) In the mid-1800s in the U.S., a First Wave feminist movement emerged. It reached its peak with the ________, then lost momentum in the ________. A) Seneca Falls Declaration of 1848; 1920s after women won the vote B) Rochester D...

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...

why 'feminism' and not 'human rights'? - feminism is part of human rights in general-- human rights is vague and used to deny the specific problem of gender - it would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have suffered for centuries. - the problem is not about being human; but about being a female human what is gender? a social construct the social construction of gender: 'throwing like a girl' - According to feminist theorists, these binary oppositions (like 'throwing...

Beliefs/Values -○ Reformist not revolutionary ○ Equality of women can achieved through legal means and social reform Ex: write more bills and elect the right people ○ Men and women are essentially the same, with the same capabilities, and the same rights ○ Women should not have to stick to prescribed gender roles ○ Women deserve equal education. Without it, equality can not be achieved. All must must be educated as to the value of gender equality. The oppression of women we, end ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beliefs/Values -○ Reformist not revolutionary ○ Equality of women can achieved through legal means and social reform Ex: write more bills and elect the right people ○ Men and women are essentially the same, with the same capabilities, and the same rights ○ Women should not have to stick to prescribed gender roles ○ Women deserve equal education. Without it, equality can not be achieved. All must must be educated as to the value of gender equality. The oppression of women we, end ...