SOCI 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Foundationalism, Third-Wave Feminism, Sexual Objectification
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Perceived diversion from 2nd to 3rd wave feminism. Personal narratives and differences instead of theoretical abstractions and unity. Bust magazine and bitch magazine emphasize these personal stories, differences. Media saturated world = emphasis on tv, movies, internet, ads overarch our entire lives. Power not in the economy (as previously thought) Sex positive, not a single-issue social justice project but a larger movement. Sex wars: pre-3rd wave argument divides feminists: any heterosexual relationships/sex work is showing male dominance over female and creates inequality or sex work is empowering. Fracturing identities away from the binaries; everything people do is a political statement. Situation-specific tactic that boys use to police others who are less masculine for a moment. Fag position is an abject position, used interactionally to create the dominate position. A rebellion against their second wave mothers . There is no singular definition bc feminism is a very individualized thing. Differences bw second wave and third wave:
