WGST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wgst, Destiny (Video Game), Consciousness Raising
9 Apr 2015
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Wgst is the academic branch of feminism. Feminism is political, social, economic (based on capitalism) in scope and. No universal definition of feminism the context, time, place and intersection form very different definitions. Feminism rejects hierarchy, oppression, exploitation and binary thinking. 1892, the term emerged at the international women"s conference in paris. Women couldn"t vote, own property, have guardianship of children or have higher. Equality was based on standards granted to men sameness . Early goal: treat women the same as men. Not all men were treated equally; certain groups had access to more privilege educations and power. Feminism is a diverse political, social and economic movement. Feminists work from various perspectives and with multiple agendas/approaches. To improve the world, conditions of men"s, women"s and children"s lives are put to achieve equality central. Acting on prejudice thoughts, result in discrimination, inequality and/or exclusion. It is the negative valuing and discriminating treatment to a group of people based on sex.
