HIST 2506 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Havelock Ellis, Sexology, Sigmund Freud
14 Apr 2016
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Belle poque: 1870 to start of wwi; period characterized by optimism, regional peace, economic prosperity and technological, scientific, and cultural innovations. Legacies of french & industrial revolutions shaping women"s demands & the way the feminist movement evolved. Liberalism: belief in reason/rational thought; gov"t should be based on reason/national will, faith in education every person has the capability to reason; people don"t have pre- assigned places in society, *women have these things as well. Equality/individualism vs. republican motherhood/relational feminism feminists" demands: equality/individualism women made the same contributions and should have the same rights, republican motherhood/relational feminism women have an important role in society. Vs. but different nurturing mothers; *this one won out. Separate spheres: women in domestic sphere; men in public, ir separation of home & work. Class divisions: different lifestyles as a result of the ir, working class vs. middle class. At the time, called the women movement . Mid-1900s organizations working for women"s rights.
