exams and notes

What is feminist theory? - a wide ranging system of ideas about social life and human experiences developed from a woman centered perspective. [woman centered because it examines the situations and experiences of women, tried to describe the social world from the standpoint of women] First wave feminism - comte coined the term sociology, marx weber and durkheim dominated sociology at this time but there were women doing feminist work at this time also, trying to establish a feminist perspec...

Sex -the biological distinction between females and males Gender -the socially constructed roles and characteristics by which a culture defines male and female Essentialism -An emphasis on the fundamental nature of the biological differences between men and women Androgyny -displaying both traditional masculine and feminine psychological characteristics Patriarchy -A form of social organization in which males dominate females Private sphere -aspects of life which are of concern of the ind...

Liberal feminism - to create a world in which people are judged for their individual characteristics without regard to sex. - Liberal feminists do tend to work through the system more than radfems or marxfems; - liberal feminists believe that many social problems can be meaningfully addressed through the government, which will gradually bring about social change - libfems are the most likely feminists to form groups like NOW and the Feminist Majority, groups which try to advance a wide ran...

Annie - will be covering the history of feminism and the first wave Subhan - will do feminism's relationship to other ideologies and movements Umer - will cover third wave feminism as well as commodification and capitalism Joseph - will be distinguishing between different types of feminism such as cultural, social, liberal, and radial feminism Avaani - will be talking about patriarchy and some key feminist figures What is feminism? Generally speaking - Generally speaking feminism is a pol...

First Wave - Developed in the mid nineteenth century and was based on political and legal parity with men. Franchise - Also known as the right to vote Mary Wollstonecraft - Wrote the seminal first wave feminist piece of writing 'A vindication of the Rights of Woman' Seneca Falls Convention - Held in 1848 and marked the beginning of the women's rights movement in the US Society for Women's Suffrage - Founded in 1867 in London and began the organized movement of women's rights for the...

Feminism - A movement that seeks to obtain the social, political, and economic equality of men and women Ecuador - Removed male from constitution requirements for citizenship in the Constitution of 1896 Dr. Matilde Hidalgo - Wanted to sign up to vote in 1922 but was denied for being a woman, she voted in 1925 Constitution of 1929 - Female vote is now incorporated after a military dictatorship took over Argentina - Juan Perón at the insistence of his wife Eva Perón have women the right t...

Race -A social construction - Imposing social meanings onto real and/or imagined physiological characteristic (superiority/inferiority) - A way to legitimize the colonial subjugation/subordination of European colonized and continue to deny them access to resources - Racism in engrained in nation building - Seen as static/fixed, inherent and unchangeable - Socially grounded in politics, capitalism, and unequal social relations among different groups of people - Maintained by dominant elit...

Race -A social construction - Imposing social meanings onto real and/or imagined physiological characteristic (superiority/inferiority) - A way to legitimize the colonial subjugation/subordination of European colonized and continue to deny them access to resources - Racism in engrained in nation building - Seen as static/fixed, inherent and unchangeable - Socially grounded in politics, capitalism, and unequal social relations among different groups of people - Maintained by dominant elit...

first wave of feminism - 19th and early 20th century suffrage movement second wave of feminism - 60s-70s women's liberation movement third wave of feminism - 80s-present mary wollstonecraft - british political philosopher; published first feminist manifesto entitled "the vindication of the rights of women" why were people opposed to the suffrage movement - anti suffragists feared that this movement would impact the established gender roles in a negative way, also believed that women wer...

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...