POLI 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Whois, Post-Structuralism, Intersectionality
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These beliefs were used to reinforce and create equality. Used to exclude women from the political sphere and create a domestic realm that is non political. Similar to the mindset of colonialism, where people were seen as less human than others. Idea that women are not capable of being citizens. War is a place for masculinity to be acted out. Men choose to go to war and fight in the war. Women are relevant as the embodiment of the home front and the virtue of the society. Go to war to protect women and society. Men and women are biologically different in ways that explain political differences. Work about biological differences started to be criticized. A lot of early literature saw 2 sites of socialization. Now people have come to recognize school, peer groups, work, political institutions and popular culture as. Aggressive push within global governance about previsions into law and institution to protect the rights of women.