WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intersectionality
11 Jun 2016
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Feminism: belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. The idea of feminism has developed differently in different regions and within different groups. Is not, nor will it ever, be one monolithic universal movement. Feminists are ugly: our consumer society depends on females buying in to the idea that they haven"t quite met the beauty ideals they should be aiming for. Feminists are man-haters: do question the power structure, dislike the idea of patriarchy. Patriarchy: a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. Feminists are white old ladies and they are all the same. First wave (19th century/early-20th century): suffrage movement, equal rights of contract property and personhood. Race, sexuality and migration didn"t have a signi cant place in women"s rights at that time.
