GWS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Third-Wave Feminism, Feminist Theory
9 Feb 2018
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This essay is an attempt to make sense of the feminist movement. What really differentiates the third wave from the second is the tactical approach it offers to some of the impasses that developed within feminist theory in the 1980s (p. There"s no one way to be a woman. Third wave feminism has three important tactical moves. First, in response to the collapse of the category of women , the third wave foregrounds personal narratives that illustrate an intersectional and multiperspectival version of feminism . Second, third wavers embrace multivocality over synthesis and action over theoretical justification . Third wave feminism emphasizes an inclusive and nonjudgmental approach that refuses to police the boundaries of the feminist political . The first step to understanding the third wave of feminism is to evaluate the prima facie claims of the self-identified proponents. Author gives three reasons as to why the volumes don"t represent the third wave vision of feminism.
