SOCI 2P90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Feminist Theory
28 Dec 2017
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Sept 21st: built on a set of assumptions. Week 3 feminist theories: ex: (cid:498)poor people are lazy(cid:499) Feminist theory"s want to: describe woman"s oppression or subordination, enlightenment or (cid:498)age of reason(cid:499, to explain its causes and consequences. Liberal feminism: origins: this was a time of, geographical expansion. Industrial development: growth of social reform movement. Individual"s capacity for rational though was very important: the state seen as neutral: all people equal under the law, choice: allowed to rise in society as far as talents.
