SOCIOL 2LL3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Third-Wave Feminism, Liberal Feminism, Radical Feminism
16 Dec 2017
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November 8th 2017: what is feminist theory. Can be defined as a wide ranging system of ideas about social life and human experience developed from a woman centered perspective i. ii. It examines the situations and experiences of women in society. Describes the social world from the stand point of women: historical. Third wave: contemporary sociological theory: the first wave of feminism, time frame. Sociological theory was dominated by three white men, marx durkheim and weber but during this period there were early feminist who were writing at the same time and contributed to develop the feminist perspective. They were concerned ultimately with the struggle of women and political rights b. Some of the theorist were analysing gender differences, they were interested in how the location and the experience of women in society is in contrast of that of men.
