POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: French Revolution, Marxist Feminism, Liberal Feminism
28 Sep 2016
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Restrictions on their bodies for instance even language can be gendered: a woman without her man is nothing a woman, without her man, is nothing a woman: without her, man is nothing. Patriarchy is a social system that is structured in a way that men rule. Liberal feminism believes in basics of liberalism but believes it should take itself seriously in that equality should be available for all - not just men and sometimes women early feminists aligned themselves with the early abolitionists. Elizabeth katie stanton: delegate at the world anti slavery congress in 1870, but was not allowed to take her seat as a delegate because she was a woman even among abolitionists there was an undercurrent of inequality towards women. Reform liberal feminism equality of opportunity - goes beyond just having the equal right. Marxist feminism contributor to the theory is engels.
