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emerged from: (feminism) - broader historical womens right movement 1st wave of feminism - Women's suffrage fighting for the womens right to vote late 19th 2nd wave of feminism - 1960s-1970s; focused on women's equal access to employment and education 3rd wave of feminism - 1980s-present; focused on diversity among women's experiences and identities perspective theory (feminism) - variety of theories, debates, points of emphasis key characteristics (feminism) - against the social ...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman - - an early socialist feminist - gender as a social construct - young girls forced to conform in society and prepare for motherhood through playing with toys/clothing etc - sex and domestic economics go hand in hand, women were reliant on their sexual assets to survive and please their husbands - the domestic environment is an instrument of patriarchy, women are economically dependent on men. Nuclear family needs to be destroyed and replaced by communal living -...

What is feminism? -is advocating women's rights is disturbing certainties of patriarchal structure is transforming society by eradicating sexist domination is sustaining poststructuralist and postmodern thinking is working and reading "against the grain" Early proto-feminism -Sappho in ancient Greece (570bc) Hildegard of Bingen - medieval, 1179 Christine de Pisan 1434 Olympe de Gouge 1791 Mary Wollstonecraft 1797 Jane Austen 1817 Sappho -(570 bc)Lyric poetry, most lost, except Ode ...

Structural -Society shapes and determines individuals. Our behaviour is controlled by our society by its organisation and culture. We are 'puppets of society'. Conflict -Society benefits one group at the expense of another, in this case, men benefit and women lose out. Patriarchy -Men have more power and status than women. Society is dominated by men. Objective -Aim of feminism is to explain patriarchy and examine the ways it is transmitted from one generation to the new by key instituti...

It is about all genders having equal rights and opportunities. It's about respecting diverse women's experiences, identities, knowledge and strengths, and striving to empower all women to realize their full rights Charles Fourier Feminism was coined by French philosopher Feminism is defined as the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes Girlie feminist a form of 'third-wave' feminist engagement that revalues activities and interests traditionally associate...

Feminism It is about all genders having equal rights and opportunities. It's about respecting diverse women's experiences, identities, knowledge and strengths, and striving to empower all women to realize their full rights Charles Fourier Feminism was coined by French philosopher Feminism is defined as the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes Girlie feminist a form of 'third-wave' feminist engagement that revalues activities and interests traditionally...

male participants - - all types of feminists tend to agree that IR assumes ___ when discussing foreign policy, decision making, state sovereignty, use of military force, etc - feminist critics ask that scholars recognize the gendered nature of IR rather than implicitly making this assumption difference feminism - - strand of feminism that believes gender differences are not just socially constructed and views women as inherently less warlike than men on average - state and individual level...

The personal is political -Personal things have broad social, political, and economic causes and consequences How many waves of feminism are there? -4 1st Wave -A struggle for legal, social, economic rights, the right to vote (suffrage), own property after marriage, and access to higher education(1960) 2nd Wave -Feminism a class struggle, focus on sexuality, reproductive rights, passing the Equal Rights Amendment, and ending sexism()

The personal is political -Personal things have broad social, political, and economic causes and consequences How many waves of feminism are there? -4 1st Wave -A struggle for legal, social, economic rights, the right to vote (suffrage), own property after marriage, and access to higher education(1960) 2nd Wave -Feminism a class struggle, focus on sexuality, reproductive rights, passing the Equal Rights Amendment, and ending sexism()

What did Bell Hooks write? - Feminism is for Everybody Main arguments? - -defining feminism -patriarchy as institutionalized sexism -patriarchy perpetuates the ideas that fem is anti-male -history of feminism -sexism and patriarchy confine us Definition of Feminism - a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression Definition of sexism - prejudice, discrimination and oppression rooted in gender Definition of Institutionalization - embedding norms within an organization or soc...