Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Amartya Sen, Catharine Mackinnon, Lysistrata
14 Dec 2017
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Sex and gender: biology distinguished from culture. Traditional view is that politics is public; the family and personal relationships are private. Public man" dominates the state, education, and the economy; private women" restricted to home and family. Feminists claim that politics exists wherever there is power: state, economy, family. Women"s rights convention, seneca falls, new york, 1848: household tyranny; denial of civil, political, and economic rights (to university education, to vote, to earn a living); destruction of self-respect. Denial of necessary nutrition and health care. 44 million women missing" in china, 36 million in india. A vindication of the rights of woman (1792) Women and men are equals in possessing the capacity to reason. Women are oppressed by social institutions, including education. Di erences between men and women are arti cial, not natural. Changing institutions (e. g. , marriage, education) will end inequality. Goal: equalize opportunities for women and men. Women are subjects to their own internalized harmful attitudes and false beliefs.
