Political Science 1020E Lecture 6: Feminism
30 Jan 2019
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Women"s place in society is unequal & unjust. Feminism: a political project meant to eliminate causes & consequences of women"s disadvantages. Internally diverse, significant disagreements between feminists about what are the causes of the disadvantages & what are the steps to eliminate the disadvantages but overall cohesiveness. First-wave feminism: 19th & early 20th century (don"t confuse oneself & think feminism only started in the last decade or so now it is a younger political ideology) Focused on the right to vote: suffrage ability of all females to vote in elections. Implemented in countries all over the world across this period of time. Renewal of liberal feminism & arrival of multiple new strands (expansion of feminism) Critical of second-wave feminism for being too rigid; thinks second wave imposed definitions on women that were too harsh. Valorizes women"s choice regardless of the issue. Belief in intrinsic equality of the sexes.
