SOCIOL 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Harriet Taylor Mill, Mary Wollstonecraft, The Communist Manifesto
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Agenda: social constructionism, feminist perspectives: first wave and second wave (liberal, marxist, socialist, radical , masculinities and the men"s movement. Social constructionism: definitions of masculinity and femininity vary, definitions can vary within one single culture, definitions will vary over the course of a single lifetime, definitions will vary based on race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age (100) Gender as an institution: how are firms organized? (lecture 9-10, gendered images (lecture 13-14, gendered interactions (lecture 7-17, logic of the organization-assumption of gender neutrality (lecture 5-12) Internal mental work (presentation of self; lectures 5-17) There ought to be perfect equality between the sexes, permitting no power or privileged to the one side, or disability to the other (mill, j. s. and harriet taylor mill, Key publication of the second wave feminism: it is easy to see the concrete details that trap the suburban housewife, the continual demands on her time.