WGST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Consciousness Raising, Radical Feminism, Gynocentrism
6 Dec 2013
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Feminist theory is about doing- meaning feminist theory is critical and political practice. Recognizes and addresses the gap between theory and practice: must analyze systemic oppression, yet be attentive to individual specificities. Evolved from liberalism( 18th and 19th century) philosophical/political movement: small l liberals believe in the human capacity to reason and to be rational. Liberalism is a political philosophy based upon individual liberty, freedom, of choice and the belief the every person is to be given equal opportunity and civil rights. These rights were only really believed to be the inherent rights to men. Liberal feminism: second wave liberal feminists focused on getting women into existing institutions (education, government, etc, have not called for a dismantling of patriarchal structures such as law, education and capitalism. 3: understood paid employment as a form of independence for women. Opening doors and breaking the glass ceiling: called for modifications in such structures which blatantly discriminated against women.
