ANTH 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Simone De Beauvoir, Shared Source, Bell Hooks

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 2040
• Professor: Marie- Eve Carrier- Moisan

Document Summary

First appears in france & the netherlands (1872) First definition: a feminist has in her capacity of fighting her way back to independence (1895), the. Mary wollstonecraft a vindication of the rights of women, 1972 call to women for their participation as citizens. Feminism, for bell hooks = the struggle to end sexist oppression . Those who are for and against prostitution may both be feminists. The 1st wave (19th & early 20th century) Main issue civil equality, legal autonomy. Right to vote, right to education, right to property. After wwii, women wanted to continue to be employed & earn wages even after men came back. Main issue social & economic equality. Women connecting their domestic sphere to the public sphere. Focus not so much on civil rights, but rather on putting an end to sexism, discrimination in workplace, domestic violence, and on recognizing women"s contributions in the domestic sphere.