HIEU 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: John Stuart Mill, Virilization, Second-Wave Feminism
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Hieu 140 lecture 9 the first women"s movements: liberal feminism. Individual: and yet, women are excluded as a group. Liberal feminism: women should be treated as individuals, just like men: not as a group. Li(cid:271)e(cid:396)alis(cid:373) does(cid:374)(cid:859)t allo(cid:449) you to t(cid:396)eat people as g(cid:396)oups, i(cid:374) theo(cid:396)y supposed to t(cid:396)eat them as individuals: no actual movement yet, a few individuals, movement is a collective form of organization, people have to come together. O(cid:396)igi(cid:374)s of the move(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1010)(cid:1004)s: (cid:858)oppo(cid:396)tu(cid:374)ity t(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e(cid:859: political opportunity structures: specific configurations of resources, institutional arrangements, historical precedents for social mobilization, which facilitate the development of protest in some instances and constrain them in others. Political: liberalism: by 1860s, most european countries have basics of liberal political systems, even though women are excluded from suffrage, benefit from other parts of the system. Opportunities: civil rights: women benefit from civil rights in liberalism, can publicize, write opinions in newspaper, form associations, etc.
